Slate Pipes In

Slate would like to provide input to some of our ongoing discussions here at 13D:

• Rehnquist isn't Deep Throat, by Timothy Noah aka Chatterbox;
• Why Bob Novak isn't going to prison, by Daniel Engber aka The Explainer.

I find the Rehnquist idea a bit of a stretch, myself (though fun to think about). The various theories put forward by Engber, on the other hand, cover the range of options so completely - Maybe he ratted out his source! Maybe he's the target of a separate criminal investigation! - as to be almost useless.

What we need on Novak is a Bill Safire column/apologia which cites the gossip of informed Washingtonians to whittle down the options to something worth dishing about. Too bad he's out selling stem cells.