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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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Conversations With Slate
Director Wes Anderson on Why He's Obsessed With Childhood Fantasies
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Conversations With Slate
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Conversations With Slate
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Conversations With Slate
Author Michael Lewis on why Moneyball almost wasn't made into a movie.
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Conversations With Slate
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The Evolution of Everyday Objects
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The Slate Book Review
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Mad Men
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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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The Exoneration of Bennett Barbour
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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, Farhad Manjoo, and the rest of your favorites.
TOP STORIES
- Monday, May 21, 2012
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Cory Booker’s Real Mistake
The Newark mayor’s real blunder wasn’t criticizing Obama’s campaign ads. It was giving Mitt Romney a pass.
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Can Women Sing in Falsetto?
Sure, but why would they?
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Hang Up and Listen: The Tim Duncan Loves Paintball Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the Spurs’ unloved center, the NHL’s southern strategy, and women who love sports.
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Harry Crane’s Baffling Lack of Failure
Julia Turner chats with readers about the latest episode of Mad Men.
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The Merciful End to the Trial of Dharun Ravi
The judge came to the correct verdict in this incredibly sad case.
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Dear Prudence: Double Ds and a Jealous Friend
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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Don’t Feed the Baby
In a live chat, Dear Prudence offers advice on a vegan infant, a no-child prenup, and whether a brain tumor is a good excuse for adultery.
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How Tumblr Squashed the Trolls
Tech executive Andrew McLaughlin on how the social network thwarts the nasty users who plague other sites.
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Mad Men, Season 5
Rich Sommer on the one time he disagreed with Mad Men’s writers.
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Licensed To Decorate
Taxes don't kill entrepreneurship. Crazy licensing rules do.
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The Mad Men Scorecard: Harry Crane Finally Scores
Who cheats the most? Whose bedpost needs more notches? Tally the conquests of Don, Peggy, Roger, and more on Slate’s interactive guide to Mad Men romance.
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Tweens on the Runway
When did high fashion models get so young?
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Eau de Derek Jeter
Why would anyone buy Yankees-branded cologne?
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- Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Iran Requires Diplomacy First
Its nuclear aspirations are serious and troubling. But now is not the time for a military response.
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- Saturday, May 19, 2012
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The Longform Guide to Commencement Addresses
Sheryl Sandberg, David Foster Wallace, Jon Stewart—the best graduation speeches of the past 25 years.
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A Free-Range Internet, Killer Hybrids, and Baby Vegetables
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
- Friday, May 18, 2012
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Punched to Death
How easy is it to kill a man with your bare hands?
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Twice-Told Tales
There were no big revelations in the John Edwards trial. That’s why he can lose.
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An Interview With Enrique Peña Nieto
Mexico’s leading presidential candidate explains how he’ll stop the violence and challenge the cartels.
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Happy Graduation! Now, About Those Loans …
Here’s what you need to know about the state of student debt.
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Forty Euros for Paella!
Spain’s economy is collapsing. So why is vacationing there still so expensive?
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The 2012 TV Upfronts
USA: Sigourney Weaver as a faux Hillary Clinton will have op-ed columnists feasting.
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The “Can We Get in on That IPO?” Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about a super PAC’s planned character attack on Obama, the political impact of social media, and the Facebook IPO.
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Why We Need a Greener Military
Congress banning the U.S. military from using biofuels is just plain dumb.
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The Mighty Ducks on Grass, With Spirit Animals
Crooked Arrows, the plucky underdog Native American lacrosse movie I never knew I wanted.
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Where Does the Term “Baby Bump” Come From?
The origins of the ubiquitous tabloid phrase.
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How Hard Is Poverty Hitting Your County?
A map of changes in poverty, county by county.
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Take Their Money and Run
The government should fine the hell out of Rajat Gupta instead of criminally prosecuting him.
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Forget About the Mythical Lone Inventor in the Garage
Real innovations happen in big, well-funded labs.
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Greece Must Go
The nation is likely to leave the eurozone sooner or later. Sooner is better.
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Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
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- Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Minority Opinions
Hardly anyone responds to public opinion surveys anymore. Can we still trust them?
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The Most Evil Thing about College Sports
Athletic scholarships are no guarantee of a four-year education. They can be yanked after one year, for any reason.
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Are There Really Just Five Racial Groups?
How the government developed its racial-classification system.
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I’m Through With Paper
The new iPad finally made me prefer a screen to a magazine.
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America’s Women Can’t Be Trusted
When you strip everything away, that’s the root of the GOP’s campaign against abortion, contraception, and laws that protect women from domestic violence.
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Introducing the Slate/SurveyMonkey Political Survey
Which presidential candidate would you let babysit your kids? Who’d be better at changing a tire? Who is being honest about the issues?
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Eating Babies
A study of youth horticulture.
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Battleship
It’ll keelhaul you till you're sober.
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Diablo III Gets a New Exclusive HD Trailer
A more realistic presentation of online gamers’ experiences this week.
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Greek Drama
Don’t believe the hype—Greece isn’t leaving the eurozone for now.
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What Economists Get Wrong About Science and Technology
Trying to quantify research's effects on the economy always fails.
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The Wrath of Cons
A proposed super-PAC assault on Obama exposes the right’s rage.
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The 2012 TV Upfronts
The CW presents Li'l Carrie Bradshaw.
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Tough Nuts and Hard Questions
The best entrepreneurship advice we’ve gotten so far.
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Giving Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Another Chance
Obama slashed Bush-era funding for the clean-energy vehicle. Now he may reverse course.
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The Circle of Wes Expands
Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, and Edward Norton join Bill Murray in Wes Anderson’s latest feature Moonrise Kingdom.
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Say Yes to a Different Dress
Down with the strapless wedding gown.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Barechested Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about attachment parenting, President Obama’s college love letters, and child psychopaths.
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A Touch Too Long
My mom let me play with her breasts for years after I stopped breast-feeding, and now she’s doing it with my sister. How do I stop it?
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- Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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The 2012 TV Upfronts
CBS shocker: A drama I might actually watch!
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Do Band-Aids Work?
Not really.
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Can the Anti-Gay Marriage Movement Bounce Back?
If so, in many states it will depend on black churches and their voters.
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The Dictator
Sasha Baron Cohen goes soft.
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Is Campaign Disclosure Heading Back to the Supreme Court?
Don’t expect to see Karl Rove’s Rolodex just yet.
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Not Every Schoolboy’s Fantasy
Arizona teacher Gabriela Compton sexually abused two teenage boys. Why did she get off with a slap on the wrist?
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Unleash the Hounds
Why Justice Souter should publish his secret dissent in Citizens United.
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Parent Traps
Don’t monitor your kids’ Web surfing.
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And the Greatest Ad of the Year Is …
The ad world celebrates itself at the Clios.
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The Mystery of the Vanishing IPO
Facebook may be going public, but very few other companies are. There are two good explanations for this and one bad one.
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Mad Men Style: The Drapers and the Francises
Inside the costumes of this week’s episode with Tom and Lorenzo.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Heeeeere's Johnny (Depp)” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new Dark Shadows adaptation, the documentary Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, and the furor over concussions in football.
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Brewing the Best
Pliny the Younger is supposedly the best beer in the world. What does that even mean?
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Avocados, Massages, and MacBooks
To start a successful small business, look for what the Web does poorly.
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- Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Wes Anderson’s Last Meal
The Oscar-nominated director reveals a taste for rabbit while answering Slate reader questions
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Nobody for President
The inevitable, glorious, $35 million failure of Americans Elect.
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The 2012 TV Upfronts
The delicious programs ABC will stuff down your gullet come fall.
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Another Virginia Disgrace
The statehouse rejects the judicial nomination of a prosecutor—just because he’s gay.
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Mad Men, Season 5
Anachronism check: Roger's use of "impactful."
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Aiden, Brayden, Jayden ...
Why do so many of the most popular baby names rhyme?
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Dear Prudence: Husband Gone Wiccan
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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Life in Stop-Motion
Wes Anderson loves stop-motion animation, but will he ever make another animated feature film again?
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Cellphones in Locker Rooms
Should gyms enforce a no-phone zone in areas where people are, you know, naked? Those phones have cameras after all.
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How To Pitch Manischewitz
John Swansburg chats with readers about Mad Men and kosher wine.
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The Wire vs. Treme
David Simon hosts a battle of the bands between Baltimore and New Orleans.
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The Marriage Trap
Republicans made gay marriage a wedge issue. Now that it hurts them, they call it “divisive.”
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How Space-Age Nostalgia Hobbles Our Future
Contrary to popular belief, public support for space exploration in the 1960s was far from universal.
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What Did Thomas Jefferson’s World Sound Like?
Recreating the soundscape of Monticello, from patriotic songs to the slap of the whip.
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The Silent Killer
Hybrids are so quiet that pedestrians never hear them coming. Now automakers are racing to make the car of the future sound like the gas guzzlers of old.
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Hello?
A visual history of the telephone.
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