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Brian Palmer
Brian Palmer is Slate's chief explainer. He also writes How and Why and Ecologic for the Washington Post. Email him at explainerbrian@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter.
Articles By Brian Palmer
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How Many Times Can You Recycle a Piece of Paper?
And why does China buy your crumpled Christmas-present wrappings?
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Is the Second Amendment the Second Most Important?
The order of the Bill of Rights is an argument for gun control.
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Does Anyone Still Practice the Mayan Religion?
If the world ends Friday, someone should get to take the credit.
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Where Can I Fire My Gun?
A mini-Explainer on how states regulate the discharge of firearms.
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Why Is the NRA So Powerful?
How the gun lobby leverages modest resources into outsized influence.
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Is John Boehner Allowed To Lower the Flag to Half-Staff?
A mini-Explainer on who controls the height of Old Glory.
