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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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The 2012 Campaign
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Doers
People who accomplish great things, and how they get it done.
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The Slate Book Review
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NFL 2012
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The Homeland TV Club
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The Dexter TV Club
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The American Horror Story TV Club
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Mad Men
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Free To Be … You and Me
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The Case of the Mormon Historian
What happened when Michael Quinn challenged the history of the church he loved.
By David Haglund
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What Makes a Good President?
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The Last of the Great New York Game Shows
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The Worst States for Working Women
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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
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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General Confusion
Why the Petraeus scandal isn’t the national security scandal Republicans wanted.
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The New Grand Old Party
The defeat of 2012 is forcing Republicans to rethink what they stand for. What will the new conservatism look like?
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The New Disclaimer at the Bottom of CIA Emails
Revised language in the wake of the Petraeus affair.
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Why Generals Cheat
The job requires extreme self-confidence. And it helps to be a bit of a rogue.
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Microsoft Just Lost Its Steve Jobs
Why Steven Sinofsky’s departure is terrible news for the tech company.
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RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race
Yara's doing it wrong. Plus, Manila Luzon has no regrets!
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A Cheater’s Checklist
Dear Prudence offers unsolicited advice to David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, and others embroiled in the growing sex scandal.
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From “Wetbacks” to “Illegals” to “Undocumented” to … ?
Listen to Slate’s show about the heated debate over language at the heart of U.S. immigration policy.
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Boss Matt Yglesias Around
Which economic pseudo-problem should he debunk?
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The Paradox of Nonlethal Weapons
Under international law, killing an enemy is more permissible than blinding him.
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How California’s Three-Strikes Law Struck Out
It was slain by a couple of professors, their students, and a district attorney who wanted reform.
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Where Is All the Coal?
Why the United States is so well-endowed with the mighty rock.
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Stop Judging, You Prudes
The real reason we care so much about the Petraeus affair.
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We’re Looking for Spring Interns
If you love Slate, maybe you should apply.
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Which Reader Has the Best Assignment for Slate?
Vote among seven great ideas we received from readers—and we’ll do whichever one wins.
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My Secret Sister
In a live chat, Prudie offers advice on whether Thanksgiving is a good time to introduce long-hidden relatives.
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I Once Was Obese
And now I’m not. Please don’t applaud me for losing the weight.
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How To Make a Truly Spectacular Cup of Coffee
The best barista in the U.S. reveals her secrets.
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- Monday, November 12, 2012
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How Many Biographers Fall for Their Subjects?
Plenty do, but few act on it.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Wildcat Doth Protest Too Much Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on NFL quarterback concussions, the Lakers’ coaching carousel, and John Calipari’s Kentucky machine.
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How Cheap Will Legal Marijuana Be in Colorado and Washington?
Not nearly as cheap as it should be!
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NFL 2012
The tackling technique Roger Goodell says will make football safer. (It won't.)
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The Negroni
Readers told me which cocktail to order on my birthday. I ordered one too many.
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Homeland, Season 2
Parallels and plaudits: What the critics said.
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Look Ma, No Hands!
In a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman who caught her son in a compromising position with the vacuum cleaner.
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Beating Back the War on Judges
Voters rejected the crusade to politicize the courts.
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Dexter, Season 7
Who is scarier, Isaak or Hannah?
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In Defense of the Electoral College
Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president.
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The Walking Dead, Season 3
What reviewers and commenters are saying about “Say the Word”
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On the Internet, Assume Everybody’s a Dog
Catfish comes to TV.
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Why We Need New “Rules of War”
Individually addressing new technologies like drones isn’t enough. We need to rewrite the rule book.
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Introducing Bad Astronomy and The Vault
The best science blog in the galaxy moves to Slate, and we also launch a new history blog.
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Breaking Up With Coach K
Why I stopped rooting for Duke.
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Boss Dear Prudence Around
Which unforgettable letter should she follow up on?
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- Sunday, November 11, 2012
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Homeland, Season 2
Why did Saul bring a bottle of wine to an interrogation?
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The Walking Dead, Season 3
Sports in the Zombie Apocalypse.
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Dexter, Season 7
Is Dexter turning back into a novel?
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Oliver Sacks Wants To Destigmatize Hallucinations
They’re surprisingly common, and they don’t necessarily mean madness.
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- Saturday, November 10, 2012
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- Thursday, November 8, 2012