Debate anticipation: Is killing us. Jim Newell lists three key Trump weaknesses Clinton should exploit, and Josh Voorhees reminds us to refrain from playing the Expectations Game. Meanwhile, Josh Keating speculates that the uncertainty of the American election may be prolonging suffering in Syria. The stakes, they are high.
Programming note: We’ll be posting coverage on Slate all night tonight. You’ll be able to find the live blog via our 2016 campaign landing page; here’s the link to our Twitter spin room. And I’ll be sending The Angle midday tomorrow, to get you caught up.
20 years: Continuing our anniversary series of stories about the last two decades, Willa Paskin charts how websites like Zillow.com and TV shows like House Hunters made real-estate looky-loos out of all of us. And Mallory “Dear Prudie” Ortberg writes—sweetly—about her very good luck making friends on the internet.
Rest in peace: 24-year-old Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández died this weekend in a boating accident. Josh Levin mourns the loss of the spirited, exuberant player with the giant grin.
For fun: ”66 Things I Am Worried Will Go Wrong For Hillary Clinton in the Debates.”
The vomit spells “I am dead,”
Rebecca
