A theory long propounded by Walter Shapiro ( USA Today political columnist and Slate contributor) is that the financial heights of Washington are occupied by high-salaried lawyers and lobbyists, not by real accumulated or inherited wealth as in New York.

Therefore (at the suggestion of occasional Slate contributor and Atlantic Monthly national correspondent Nicholas Lemann), we invite nominations for a Supplemental 60 (better name forthcoming, let's hope).

Tim Wu, a Columbia Law professor and Slate contributor, sees the iPad as a departure from Apple's roots, calling it a "final victory" for Steve Jobs.

This week, another regular Slate contributor, Luc Sante, comes to Harrison's defense against vitriolic reviewers (among whom he does not include Hulbert).

Full disclosure: Slate contributor Michael Lewis wrote the article.

Sarkisian's murder came just an hour after seeing off U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott (a sometime Slate contributor), who was mediating the peace talks.