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Supreme Court Justice Robbed By Machete-Wielding Intruder
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Ron Paul Campaign Suggests Maine Win Was Stolen
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Washington State Legalizes Gay Marriage
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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
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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We’re Living in a Golden Age of Documentary Filmmaking
But you’d never know it from watching the Oscars.
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Crazy in Love
For Valentine’s day, a poem Ezra Pound called “the most beautiful sonnet in the language.”
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- Monday, February 13, 2012
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Because I Said So
Romney is the “assertion candidate.” But if he is going to beat Obama, he needs to do more than repeat himself.
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Why Super PACs Are Good for Democracy
They’ve made the race for the White House a lot more fair.
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What Happened to a Leaner, Meaner Military?
The Pentagon budget again calls for more pricey, big-war weapons than we need.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Stop the Linsanity Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on New York Knicks shooting star Jeremy Lin, HBO’s boxing series On Freddie Roach, and the Westminster Dog Show.
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How Do You Rig a Straw Poll?
Buy all the seats in the house.
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Get Your Own Damn Coffee!
Most unpaid internships are illegal. Why don’t more interns protest?
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Love in Three Photos: the 20 Winning Stories
Sweet and heartbreaking photo haikus from Slate readers.
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
Has Lord Grantham gotten his groove back?
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Tinkering With Tomorrow
Join Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State in Washington, D.C., for an event on the DIY revolution.
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Dog Days Are Over
In a live chat, Dear Prudence advises a woman whose friends want to dump their pooch at the pound so they’re free to travel.
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The Other F-Word
Listen to Slate’s show about the history and future of the word faggot.
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Dear Prudence: Barroom Cheapskate
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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The Technologically Enhanced Memory
How will life change if we can’t forget anything?
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What Makes Toxicology So Slow?
Why it's taking so long to investigate the death of Whitney Houston.
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"Eyes Gazing Into the Distance As If in Memory of Ages Past"
The accidental poetry of American Kennel Club breed standards.
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The Shape of My Heart
Where did the ubiquitous Valentine's symbol come from?
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Will You Accept This Digital Rose?
How little flower icons could solve Internet dating’s biggest problem.
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Cuckoo for Cocoa
Are women really crazy about chocolate?
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- Sunday, February 12, 2012
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
Decoding the four big kisses of this week’s episode.
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Lunch With Dustin Hoffman
The movie legend is loving his transition to TV.
- Saturday, February 11, 2012
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The Longform Guide to “Anonymous”
Cheaters, real estate agents, and Tamil Tigers: Great magazine stories writers wouldn’t, or couldn’t, take credit for.
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Supersized Structures
The world’s biggest buildings.
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Santorum vs. Gingrich, Komen vs. Planned Parenthood, and How Chipotle Is Like Apple
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
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- Friday, February 10, 2012
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How To Make It in the New GOP
It helps if conservatives love you. One day in the life of a Republican hopeful.
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Did Early Christians Practice Birth Control?
A history of the Catholic ban on contraception.
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Return
Finally, a role worthy of Freaks and Geeks star Linda Cardellini.
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The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician
One of the greatest magazine stories of the past generation, republished in Slate.
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Bain Loves Romney, and Congress Loves Earmarks
This week’s top MuckReads from ProPublica.
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Cancel the Oscars, Air the After-Parties
Would you rather see Gary Oldman thank his agent or dance the funky chicken?
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The Killer Dolphin Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the Santorum surge, the contraception debate, and the 9th Circuit’s decision on Proposition 8.
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Go Vest, Young Man
What does it mean that Rick Santorum wears a sweater vest?
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The Real Problem With Google’s New Privacy Policy
The tech giant owes users better tools to manage their information.
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How To Win the Westminster Dog Show
Step 1: Find a poodle. Step 2: Get a big-money backer.
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A Bettor’s Guide to Westminster
The black cocker spaniel looks tough to beat, but don’t sleep on the Welsh corgi.
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A Shunning in Seattle
A powerful megachurch’s harsh tactics raise questions about how much control churches should have over their members’ lives.
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Comic Book Men
Kevin Smith’s ode to fanboy culture isn’t geeky enough.
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Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
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- Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Bad Cop
Woody Harrelson goes rogue in Rampart.
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The Last, Best Hope for Conservatives
Gingrich says that’s him. Then why is Santorum riding high?
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Is That All You Got?
How the proponents of a gay marriage ban just ran out of arguments.
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How Did Washington State and Washington, D.C., Get the Same Name?
Congress really, really liked the nation's first president.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Power Pinners and Pink Handguns Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about the Susan G. Komen kerfuffle, Bringing Up Bébé, and Pinterest.
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The Complicated History of Catholics, Protestants, and Contraceptives
Today Christian leaders are united against Obama’s birth-control coverage rules. In the past, the Pill and condoms divided them.
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Romances for the Post-Bubble Homeowner
Why are home-renovation TV shows so seductive?
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Questions for Bronson Pinchot
“Dear God, let me find some bird-crap-colored wood,” and other words of wisdom from the home-renovation devotee.
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A Losing Proposition
Why gay-rights leaders don’t want their big Prop 8 victory to go to the Supreme Court.
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Chipotle Is Apple
The burrito chain is revolutionizing food: Why doesn’t it get more respect?
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Mobile Phones Will Not Save the Poorest of the Poor
The cost of cellphone-based services is hurting huge swaths of the developing world.
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Which Countries Have the Most Mobile Phones?
The Slate/New America Foundation map of the week.
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The Other Academic Freedom Movement
How scientists broke through the paywall and made their articles available to (almost) everyone.
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Syria’s First Family
An illustrated guide to the Assad clan. How long can it cling to power?
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The Ties That Blind
It’s tough enough making decisions about elderly parents. What if you don’t like the siblings you have to agree with?
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No Hetero
Hanne Blank’s lively history of straights.
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My Funny-Looking Valentine
Prudie gives advice on mismatched couples, quickie weddings, and secret affairs just in time for V-Day.
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- Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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How Many Kids Are Sexually Abused by Their Teachers?
Probably millions.
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It’s Time for Oscar Super PACs
A simple way to level the playing field for small movies.
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NFL 2011
Win a championship, lose a knee.
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Tampa or Bust
Forget what the pundits tell you. The Republican race will go on and on—and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Uncle Sam Is Not Coming to Dinner
Who won the Slate/Intelligence Squared debate on whether obesity is the government’s business, and why.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Halftime In America” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Smash, Oscar darling Hugo, and Super Bowl ads.
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Hallelujah for Leonard Cohen
When it comes to lyrics, he’s second to no one—including Dylan.
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Hoop Dreams
The crowded NBA schedule is hurting the quality of play. And creating one of the best seasons ever.
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The Best Novel About a “De-Gaying Camp” Ever Written
Emily Danforth’s new book, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, is a fantastic addition to the coming-of-age canon.
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The Vest Man Won
What Rick Santorum’s surprise victories mean for Mitt Romney.
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The Thermostat Wars
How Honeywell could beat popular upstart Nest.
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Battle of the Eco-Friendly Sports Cars
How the Fisker Karma has trumped the Tesla Roadster.
