Today in Slate: The Troubling Risks of the U.S. Arming Libyan Rebels; Plus, Tina Fey's Tough Girl Feminism

Today: March 31, 2011 The PATCO Echo An air-traffic tower at Reagan National went silent. Blame the Gipper's ghost. By Timothy Noah READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Tina Fey's Tough Girl Feminism The rough humor in Fey's new book Bossypants is exactly what the movement needs. By Katie Roiphe READ FULL STORY | More Double X "If I Ran the Team …" We would win every game: A poem for the opening day of baseball season. By Hart Seely READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics The Troubling Risks of the U.S. Arming the Libyan Rebels Bill James: Why Are We So Good at Developing Athletes and So Lousy at Developing Writers? Britney Spears' New Album Is Brilliantly Avant-Garde. Seriously. How Dangerous Is It When Celebrating Crowds Shoot Guns Into the Air? Advertisement Shafer: Wake Up. Everyone Uses FOIA Requests for Political Purposes. Google's Most Obscure Search-Page "Doodles" Briefing Does it matter that Belgium has no government? Sievert, gray, rem, and rad: Why are there so many different ways to measure radiation exposure? News & Politics Libya: What do the rebels look like? (PHOTOS) The birther primary: Why is Donald Trump pandering to Republicans who think Obama wasn't born in the United States? Arts Grey's Anatomy musical: The best musical episodes on TV. (VIDEO) Woody Allen's movies: What I learned from watching every single one. Life Military hate, trampled dog, charity demands, cheating fiancé: Dear Prudence advises readers at Slate.com. Slate invites you to join us for an all-star conversation about childhood obesity at the Cleveland Clinic on April 21. Business & Tech Online wedding registries: Are they crass, thoughtful, or both? Universal remote: When will we get all of our home-entertainment devices to play nicely together? Science Colchicine price increase: how drug companies are taking advantage of the FDA's Unapproved Drugs Initiative. Earthquake in Japan: How to avoid nuclear meltdowns. Podcasts & Video Tina Fey's Bossypants, Michele Bachmann for president, and Dukes v. Wal-Mart on this week's DoubleX Gabfest. HBO's Mildred Pierce, Elizabeth Taylor, and the New York Times' paywall on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.

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