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Guantanamo’s Anniversary, Explainer of the Year, and the Golden Age of Publishing
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
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Taking Stock of Romney, Banishing Pepper, and Folding Marilyn Monroe’s Pants
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Meta-Chatter: The Best of Slate’s Year-End Roundups
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Singing Trees, What Not To Give for Christmas, and the Year in Music
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Christopher Hitchens, the Case Against Local Bookstores, and Elf on the Shelf
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Crazy Newt, Communist Muppets, and Secrets of the Vatican
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Finding E.T., Vintage Robot Hysteria, and Driving While High
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Turkeynomics, Mahna Mahna, and 20 Pies for 19 People
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The Resurrection of Gabby Giffords, the Latest Non-Romney, and Lessons From Penn State
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Rick Perry’s Big Oops, Berlusconi’s Bromance, and Joe Paterno’s Ouster
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Cheap Wine, Fried Chicken, and Ladies Nights
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Steve Jobs the Jerk, Female Craft Brewers, and the Brilliance of Occupy Wall Street
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The Trippy Fashion of Occupy Wall Street, How the Economy Really Is Getting Better, and a Bizarrely Successful Fad Diet
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Depressed Dogs, a Parent’s Guide to Star Wars and Monster Truck Moms
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The Death of Steve Jobs, the Atrocities of the No-Iron Shirt, and Man-Cave Masculinity
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Robot Overlords, Chris Christie the Un-Candidate, and the Model-Plane Bomber
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Trippy Nakedness at Burning Man, Bears That Sell Toilet Paper, and R.E.M.'s Music Revolution
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Joining the Mile-High Club, An Interview With Ahmadinejad, and the Decline of 3-D Films
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Conspiracy Theories of 9/11, a Bruised Glee star and Perry vs. Romney
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Dick Cheney's New Book, the Future of Al-Qaida, and Erotic Capital
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Twin Takeover, Taxing the Poor, and an East Coast Earthquake
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Reduction Abortions, Why Slang Words Stick, and the Fall of the Postal Service
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Autofellatio, How to Write Faster, and the Tiniest Countries
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Fake Facebook Birthdays, Obama's Baby Electorate, and Unhealthy Antioxidants
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Thomas the Imperialist Tank Engine, Christian Terrorism, and Debtpocalypse
The week's most interesting Slate stories.