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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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Political Kombat
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The Slate Book Review
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We Used To Build That
How can we reinvent American manufacturing? Tell us your ideas.
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NFL 2012
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Human Evolution
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The Homeland TV Club
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The Dexter TV Club
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The Louie TV Club
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Mad Men
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Stop Pagination Now
Websites should not make you click and click and click for the full story.
By Farhad Manjoo
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Prog Spring
The brief rise and inevitable fall of the world’s most hated pop music.
By David Weigel
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Blogging the Human Genome
Weird, wonderful stories about each of your 23 chromosomes.
By Sam Kean
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Why You Hate Cyclists
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The Wedding
The unlikely story of America’s first gay military union.
By Katherine Goldstein
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The Chickens and the Bulls
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My Molesters
I was sexually assaulted three times before age 20. Here’s why I never told anyone.
By Emily Yoffe
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How To Make a Viral Hit in Four Easy Steps
The secret to BuzzFeed’s monster online success.
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No More Strapless Wedding Gowns!
They're unflattering, unsophisticated, and annoyingly ubiquitous.
By Katherine Goldstein
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The Crisis in American Walking
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Death in Yellowstone
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Permanent Record
The surprising stories I uncovered in a trove of report cards from the 1920s.
By Paul Lukas
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Where’s _why?
What happened when one of the most unusual, beloved programmers disappeared.
By Annie Lowrey
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The Conversion
How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
By William Saletan
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The Greatest Paper Map of the U.S.
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Slate Writers on Facebook and Twitter
Follow John Dickerson, Emily Yoffe, and the rest of your favorite Slate writers on social media.
TOP STORIES
- Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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Acts of Terror—or an Error?
Republicans twist themselves in knots over the meaning of the word “terror”—and miss the point.
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Back to the Loony Bin
American Horror Story returns, with new characters, a new setting, and the same giddy blasphemy.
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The Accident-Prone Candidate
We have a new iron law of politics: When it comes to foreign policy, Romney always stumbles.
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- Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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The 2012 Presidential Debate Awards (Hofstra Edition)
Who delivered the night’s best zinger? Best fight scene? Best use of slang? Slate hands out the honors.
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The Instant Spin Room
What conservatives and liberals are saying about the town hall debate on Twitter.
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Much Ado About Noting
What are candidates writing down during the debates?
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New "Surveillance-Proof" App To Secure Communications Has Governments Nervous
Silent Circle promises to make encryption easy for everyone.
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Hilary Mantel’s Heart of Stone
The Booker Prize-winning follow-up to Wolf Hall from an author whose anger “would rip a roof off.”
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NFL 2012
How the hell did the Seahawks build an elite defense?
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Alcohol and Sex
A mini-Explainer on why doctors tell women to drink less than men.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Mitt Romney.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Barack Obama.
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Malapropisms: the Pineapple of Linguistic Errors
What misspeaking might reveal about the way our mental dictionary is organized.
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Why Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts Education Plan Backfired
His scholarship program sounded logical enough, but it’s failing.
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Obama’s Last-Minute Bet
On the eve of the second debate, Obama is wagering that you think things are looking up. For his sake, he better be right.
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The Next Detroit
Why Mitt Romney is wrong to give up on electric cars.
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Trojan Horse Meat
A New York chef planned to serve raw horse meat. It would have been a disaster—but not for the reason you think.
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Today's Doonesbury
Flashback: The clock is ticking.
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The Other Sept. 11
Blame Obama for four deaths in Libya. But don’t blame Bush for nearly 3,000 deaths in New York.
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There’s Something I Have To Get Off Your Chest
In a live chat, Prudie counsels a man bothered by his girlfriend's extra hair growth.
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- Monday, October 15, 2012
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Hang Up and Listen: The Truest Yankee of Them All Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on A-Rod and Jeter, the U.S. soccer team’s rocky road, and the demise of Lance Armstrong.
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Wisconsin at War
Scott Walker’s Republicans are trying to crush liberal dreams just one more time.
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Patent Trolls Be Gone
How to fix our broken system for stimulating invention.
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What Does Giant Panda Taste Like?
A mini-Explainer on the flavor of our most adorable endangered species.
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“Clear Eyes, Full Hearts,” Can’t Steal?
Can you plagiarize a catchphrase?
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Is the Supreme Court About To Swing Another Presidential Election?
If the court cuts early voting in Ohio, it could be a difference maker in the Buckeye State.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Barack Obama.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Mitt Romney.
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Parent-Teacher Relations
In a live chat, Prudie advises a man who must teach the children of a woman he had an affair with.
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When Scientists Screw Up
Say you’ve made a great astronomical discovery. What if you’re wrong?
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What Are You So Scared of? Saber-Toothed Cats, Snakes, and Carnivorous Kangaroos.
The evolutionary legacy of having been prey.
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Marriage as an Economic Problem
Lloyd Shapley and Alvin Roth win the Nobel Prize for showing the best way to match people with what they really want.
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The Lost Lockpick
Inside one Kickstarter success story gone terribly wrong.
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Will Neuroscience Radically Transform the Legal System?
Brain scans may help us read minds and assign responsibility better.
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Dexter, Season 7
In which we welcome Hannah McKay and dance on Louis's grave.
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The Undercard: Biden vs. Ryan
The vice president and the Wisconsin congressman go head to head.
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Monkey Bars Are a Menace
They broke my daughter’s arm. Why are they still around?
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Homeland, Season 2
Why treat a congressman like an intern?
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Her Year of Living Biblically
An evangelical blogger spent 12 months following the Bible. Then she wrote a book about it. Now some Christian bookstores won’t sell it.
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Boss Emily Bazelon Around
Which classic Supreme Court decision should she write about?
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The TV Land Electorate
Are your favorite TV characters Democrats or Republicans?
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First Brother
Why is it taking RFK’s family so long to show us his papers from the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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- Sunday, October 14, 2012
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Boss Josh Levin Around
Which player should he write about in this week’s NFL roundtable?
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Homeland, Season 2
Why is leaving the CIA so traumatic for Carrie?
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Dexter, Season 7
We are all in a labyrinth.
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Science’s Fantasy Island
Why a biologist with big bucks established a research base off the coast of Canada.
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When Good Intentions Go Bad
Two studies—one on genetically modified corn and one on climate change—demonstrate how scare tactics can backfire.
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- Saturday, October 13, 2012
- Friday, October 12, 2012
- Thursday, October 11, 2012