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June 9 2003 3:29 PM

Surprise Attacks

Before entering battle, be sure you know the rules of warfare.

By Matt Gaffney

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Science

We Say We Like Creativity, but We Really Don’t

An Optical Illusion You Will Swear Is Fake. It Isn't.

How Did Jameis Winston Evade a Rape Charge?

The Outrageous Restaurant Industry Practice That’s Surprisingly Common—and Not Always Illegal

What Do You Call a Machine That Hangs Out With Musicians?

The Slatest

North Korea Frees 85-Year-Old U.S. Korean War Veteran

One Tweet Shows Why You Shouldn't Complain About Obamacare "Rate Shock"

An Optical Illusion You Will Swear Is Fake. It Isn't.

What Learning That Santa Isn’t Real Taught Me About Faith

Did I Ruin my Third-Grade Classmate’s Life When I Told her There’s no Such Thing as Santa Claus? A Slate Investigation.

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Doonesbury

Today's Doonesbury

How Obama’s Political Fortunes Predict His Economic Message

If South Africans Want to Honor Mandela, They Should Vote for Someone Outside His Party

When You Censor Student Speech, You’re Teaching Kids to Accept Censorship

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Brow Beat

A Video of “Sketchy Santas” Confirms That Certain Christmas Traditions Are Weird

You Really Should Go See the New Mandela Movie

The Secrets of the Sound of The Wire

Behind the Helmets: The Story of Daft Punk’s Headgear

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Future Tense

Controversial Trade Agreement Could Make "Bio-Piracy" Worse

The Weather Map Today Is Completely Insane

Google Just Got a Little Less Evil

Why Obama Uses a BlackBerry, Not an iPhone

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Business Insider

One Tweet Shows Why You Shouldn't Complain About Obamacare "Rate Shock"

List of Free Stuff Boeing Wants in Exchange for Building a Factory in Your Town Includes a Free Factory

There's No Sign of a Jobs Liftoff

This Mind-Boggling Profile of Osama Bin Laden Came out Exactly 20 Years Ago Today

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Holidays

What Learning That Santa Isn’t Real Taught Me About Faith

Did I Ruin my Third-Grade Classmate’s Life When I Told her There’s no Such Thing as Santa Claus? A Slate Investigation.

These Stories Will Make Your Skin Crawl

The Outrageous Restaurant Industry Practice That’s Surprisingly Common—and Not Always Illegal

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Bad Astronomy

An Optical Illusion You Will Swear Is Fake. It Isn't.

The Enemy Is Armed With Acid. We’re Armed With Cat Food, Corn Syrup, and Neurotoxin.

Unvaccinated People Cause Measles to Roar Back in 2013

We Say We Like Creativity, but We Really Don’t

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The XX Factor

Nelson Mandela Expanded Government Health Care. Rick Santorum Uses His Death to Attack It.

Man Asks Internet to Hunt Down His Lost Crush. Internet Thinks Man is Adorable for Asking.

The Best Science Picture Books of 2013 (Including One That Explains Where Babies Really Come From)

When the Target of Sexual Assault Doesn’t See Herself as a Victim

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Sports Nut

How Will the United States Fare in the World Cup’s Group of Death?

How Did Jameis Winston Evade a Rape Charge?

Ted Williams Had a Perfect Swing and a Complicated Life

Fun Map Shows 113 Years of Soccer Player Migration Around the World

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Dear Prudence

Help! My Sister Won’t Honor the One Condition I Placed on Her Interest-Free Loan.

How Much Can Rick Grimes Whisper-Yell on The Walking Dead? A Raspy Supercut.

Help! My Husband Moans and Groans Whenever I Want to Cut My Hair Short.

Help! I Found Sex Videos of My Husband and His First Wife.

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Behold

America’s Last Traveling Sideshow

Looking Past the Stereotypes of Haiti

Canada’s Wild West

A Stark Three Decades Documenting an Uncle’s Troubled Life

Political Gabfest

The New Lawsuit That Could Gut Obamacare

Are You Desperate for Someone to Talk About The Goldfinch With? We’ll Talk to You!

The Gabfest: Watch a Live-Stream Taping of This Week’s Slate Political Gabfest

Should You Pull Your Kids Out of Standardized Tests?

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