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Romney Poised to Win Big in Nevada
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Komen Reverses Planned Parenthood Decision
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Anonymous Releases Audio From Hacked FBI Call
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Weigel
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Moneybox
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XX Factor
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Brow Beat
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Future Tense
A citizen’s guide to the future from Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State.
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The Reckoning
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The Wright Show
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Today's Doonesbury
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The Romney Income Calculator
How long would it take the GOP candidate to earn your annual salary?
By Dan Check
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The Explainer
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The 2011 Explainer Question of the Year
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The Downton Abbey TV Club
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The NFL Roundtable
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The GOP Horse Race
What the presidential campaign would look like if it were an actual horse race.
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The Mouse Trap
The dangers of using one lab animal to study every disease.
By Daniel Engber
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Robot Invasion
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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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The Greatest Paper Map of the U.S.
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Stop Putting Two Spaces After a Period
It's totally, absolutely, indefensibly wrong.
By Farhad Manjoo
TOP STORIES
- Friday, February 3, 2012
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The World’s Most Popular Online Newspaper
How the Daily Mail took the title from the New York Times.
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NFL 2011
Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the genius of the Patriots' no-huddle offense.
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There Are Only Actors
It’s time to stop separating the acting categories by gender.
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Freudian Slip
Is your psychologist allowed to publish your story?
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Super Bowl XLVI’s Darth Vader Kid
Join Slate’s critics for a live Facebook chat about this year’s crop of Super Bowl commercials.
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Smash
NBC's new musical about a musical may not have legs.
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Nevadans Know How To Fix America
In the land of boom and bust, even the economic winners are looking for a change.
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All Hail, Emperor Zuckerberg
How Facebook’s IPO gives a stunning and unprecedented amount of power to its CEO.
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Planned Obsolescence
How to drive Planned Parenthood out of the abortion business.
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Slate Seeking Photo Intern
The art department is accepting applications.
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Forgotten Fugitives, FDA Spies, and Who’s Paying for the Super Bowl
This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica
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The Rip Off Your Pink Ribbon Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the Florida primary, the Komen/Planned Parenthood showdown, and the suicide of Tyler Clementi.
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The Longform Guide to Facebook
The best stories about Mark Zuckerberg and his company.
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Questions for John Mulaney
The Saturday Night Live writer talks about his stand-up special, New in Town.
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Fix the Oscars
Inept hosts. Dumb categories. Dance numbers. It’s time to reform the Academy Awards.
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Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
- Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Is Facebook Really a Good Business?
It’s nothing without its users, and we’re a fickle bunch.
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Did Obama Just Declare Victory in Afghanistan?
Why not? Nothing else has worked.
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NFL 2011
Before the Giants ruined the Patriots’ perfect season, the perfect season nearly ruined me.
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Colbert v. the Court
Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance.
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A Job for You at Slate
If you love Slate, we want to hear from you.
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Brown Girls, Brownstones, White Guys, Black Pants
A thoughtful documentary and a filthy MTV series explore Brooklyn, then and now.
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“The Patient Exhibits Extreme Curiosity”
Do you have any say over what goes in your medical records?
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Boo!
A haunted mansion. Creaky floors. Creepy toys. The Woman in Black is a good old-fashioned scary movie.
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No Está Mal
You might be surprised what CBS’s Rob suggests about the environment for Latinos on TV.
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Appropriate Office Attire
How to get dressed for work in the morning.
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I Paid $4 Million for This?
Super Bowl ad prices have risen faster than inflation or viewership. Can they really be worth it?
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There’s No Place Like Home … To Give Birth
More women are delivering babies in their homes. Here’s how to make it safe.
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Loaves, Fishes, and a Nice Marinara
I’m still not convinced Matt Yglesias is right about copyright.
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Can Asians Save Classical Music?
Orchestras (and audiences) get more Asian-American every year. Will it be enough?
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Twinkies Are Science Fair Projects
And other reasons the government should play a role in America’s war on obesity.
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Empty Nest Wanted
We didn’t expect to be raising a grandchild at our age. Is it OK to ship her off?
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- Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Who Cares About the Poor?
Romney’s newest gaffe isn’t just another blunder. It’s the beginning of a race over who is most out of touch.
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What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting
Can you sue the maker of your birth control pill for an unintended pregnancy?
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Not That Kind of Smoke-Filled Room
Why doesn’t anyone in Washington take marijuana legalization seriously?
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“You Are God Gifted Honey”
My 60,000 Facebook subscribers are driving me crazy.
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Intoxicate the Nominees
Let’s booze up the Oscars.
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What Will Happen if Obama Wins Again?
Republican voters in Florida answer the question that terrifies them most.
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Romney Is Kerry. Or Maybe Gore.
He’s too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans.
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Food for Naught
Does sending food aid to struggling nations do more harm than good?
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The Culture Gabfest, “Luck Be a Lady” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Luck, A Separation, and Lana Del Rey.
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
Branson, Sybil, and the hip caress that rocked a nation.
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How Newt Lost
It wasn’t just the bad debate performances and the moon base. His disorganized campaign got outflanked and outclassed.
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KILL THE CAPS LOCK
And four other modest proposals for improving the contemporary computer keyboard.
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Are Women Better at Living Alone?
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg’s new book, Going Solo, explores the question.
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- Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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Inevitability Restored
Romney crushes Gingrich with a big Florida win.
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You’re Just Going To Have To Hold It
Do animals that hibernate get up to go to the bathroom?
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Police Tape
Is Chicago really planning on detaining anyone who records protestor arrests at the G-8 summit?
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Introducing the iFactory
Apple reinvented gadgets. Now it should reinvent how gadgets are manufactured.
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Team Spielberg Bites Back
Bill Wyman takes questions from Steven Spielberg fans about his contentious Spielberg takedown.
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NFL 2011
After the scalpel, out come the knives for Peyton Manning.
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
Is Lady Mary a black widow?
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Help America: Get Divorced!
The coming boom in failed marriages and why it’s exactly what the economy needs.
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Somewhere Between Magical Territory and Crazytown
Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child has trouble finding its place in the literary world.
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Offline Lover
Help! My fiancée demands that I show her more attention online.
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Meat of the People
Boar’s Head is everywhere. But what do we really know about it?
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Mass Hysteria in Upstate New York
Why more than a dozen teenage girls are exhibiting Tourette’s-like symptoms.
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The Secret of American Health Care
Surprise! It's already socialized.
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Consent of the Networked
How Googledom, Facebookistan, and other sovereigns of cyberspace are handling their unprecedented power.
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- Monday, January 30, 2012
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Mute Gingrich
How Romney stole Gingrich's voice in Florida.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Rhodes to Nowhere Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the Australian Open, the Yale Rhodes scholarship scandal, and HBO’s Joe Namath documentary.
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Can You Be a Pirate on Land?
Only if you’ve already become a pirate on the sea.
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Is Obesity the Government’s Business?
Watch—and participate in—the Slate/Intelligence Squared live debate on Feb. 7.
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Double the Stars
Why expand best picture? It’s the acting categories that need more names.
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Is Polygamy Really So Awful?
A new study shows that despite what you see on reality TV, plural marriage isn’t very good for society.
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NFL 2011
Homemade Infographic: What were the gayest (and straightest) Super Bowl halftime shows?
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From Gloria Estefan to the Blues Brothers
The gayest and straightest Super Bowl halftime shows: a video slide show.
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One-Night Stand or Rape?
In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman whose friend revised the story of a drunken encounter with a stranger.
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Pipe, Baby, Pipe
Why Republican voters are so angry about Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Copying Is Not Stealing
And other ideas about copyright that Caleb Crain and I agree on.
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Dear Prudence: My Mom Won’t Shut Up!
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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She’s Not What She Seems
Pop stars reinvent themselves all the time. Why has Lana Del Rey’s reinvention caused such a stir?
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
Mrs. Bates has transformed into the Wicked Witch of the West.
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The Curse of the White Powder
How fake bioterrorism attacks became a real problem.
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Consent of the Networked
How can digital technology be structured and governed to maximize the good and minimize the evil?
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For Sale: Detailed Voter Profiles
The RNC and DNC are getting into the data mining business. Will they trade sensitive, strategically valuable information for an influx of cash?
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Fix the Oscars
Inept hosts. Dumb categories. Dance numbers. It is time to reform the Academy Awards.
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Introducing MySlate
A personalized version of Slate, just for you.
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I Watched Every Spielberg Movie
Now I almost wish I hadn’t.
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All of Steven Spielberg’s Movies, Ranked
From the sublime to the schlock—and beyond.
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- Sunday, January 29, 2012
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
Daisy! Do the right thing!
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Fine Novelty Dining
The world’s weirdest restaurants.
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Lunch With Anwar Ibrahim
The former Malaysian deputy prime minister discusses Shakespeare and his six years in prison.
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- Saturday, January 28, 2012
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A Little Bit of Luck
David Milch’s new horse racing-drama surges toward greatness.
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Middle Age Is Just a Story We Tell Ourselves
An interview with Patricia Cohen.
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The Longform Guide to Saturday Night Live
Amazing stories about life on set and life after the show, from Belushi to Fey.
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All Day Pajamas, Boisterous Debates, and Fixing the Oscars
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
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