Joel F. Harrington

Joel F. Harrington is a professor of history at Vanderbilt University.

History
May 30 2013 7:22 AMThe Director of the Theater of HorrorWhat was it like to be an executioner in the 16th century?Joel F. Harrington
  News & Politics
The Slate Quiz
Jan. 29 2015 11:45 PM Play the Slate News Quiz With Jeopardy! superchampion Ken Jennings. Ken Jennings
He Was a Poker Pro and YouTube Celebrity. Now He’s Leading Florida’s Republican Party.
Scott Walker’s Strategy for Winning the White House: Divide and Conquer
Why Hillary Clinton Needs to Fight Hard for Iowa
Do the Crime, Get a Degree. Should Prisons Offer College Courses to Convicted Felons?
When Jeb Bush and Bill Belichick Were High School Classmates
The Bizarre, Incomplete History of the Pocket Constitution
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 29 2015 6:17 PM Amazon Managed to Make Money. Everybody Is Shocked (Seriously). Alison Griswold
Watch 48 Years of Classic Super Bowl Ads
“Financial Literacy” Is a Distraction From What We Really Need: Actual Consumer Protection
America’s Obsession With Healthy Food Is Driving Campbell’s Away From the Soup Business
The Best App for Gmail Is Made by ... Microsoft?
New York City’s Affordable Housing Plan Is Ambitious, Progressive, and Totally Inadequate
Older Millennials Keep Moving in With Their Parents
  Life
Education
Jan. 29 2015 4:55 PM To the Teacher Who Changed My Life Thank you. John Dickerson
Is a Hashtag a Word? The Case of #BlackLivesMatter.
Chili Is a Local Specialty With a Specific History. Beans Are Not Part of That History.
Mail Rail: London’s Abandoned Underground Train System
Barcelona Has the World’s Most Beautiful Stoner Museum
An Interview With the Alabama Legislator Who Threatened to Reveal Colleagues’ Affairs
When Feelings Became Feels: How We Distance Ourselves From Emotion on the Internet
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 29 2015 9:09 PM Money, Not Marital Status, Has the Most Impact on How Parents Raise Kids Amanda Marcotte
UVA Sorority Sisters Banned From Frat Parties to Punish Them for Being Potential Rape Victims
The Ghostbusters Casting News Is Totally Exciting. The Reaction to the News Is Even Better.
Another Sign That Men’s Magazines Are Changing: Men’s Health Denounces “Pickup Artists”
When Career Expectations Are Just About Getting Enough Money to Eat
Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial
New Orleans Was Supposed to Get a New Planned Parenthood Clinic. Here's Why It's Still Not There.  
  Slate Plus
Slate Plus
Jan. 29 2015 1:04 PM Listen to Our January Music Roundup Beat the chill with our winter playlist, exclusively for Slate Plus members. Jack Hamilton, Dee Lockett, Leon Neyfakh, and John Swansburg
A Conversation With Patton Oswalt About Movies (Audio)
Every Episode From the First Half of Slate’s Season 5 Walking Dead Podcast 
Mark Joseph Stern Reads “American Liar,” His Piece on Chris Kyle’s Big Lie
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4
  Arts
Brow Beat
Jan. 29 2015 6:40 PM An American Version of Black Mirror is Coming Chris Wade
In the Ted 2 Trailer, Seth MacFarlane Fights for the Right to “Bear Marriage”
With Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk Steps Into the Spotlight
The Cast of Don Verdean on Their New Movie From the Creators of Napoleon Dynamite
Watch the Trailer for the Next Three Episodes of Beloved Stoner Web Series High Maintenance
Why the Parenthood Finale Won’t Give Us Any Closure
A Dog Movie Star Demonstrates the Art of Canine Acting
  Technology
Technology
Jan. 29 2015 7:10 PM Is Snapchat Really Confusing, or Am I Just Old? A 32-year-old’s hopeless quest to understand America’s fastest-growing social app. Will Oremus
If You Want to Call Internet “Broadband,” It Better Actually Be Fast
First-Class Flyers Get to Try Virtual Reality, Coach Passengers Stuck in Real Reality 
Horrible California Drought Is Now Even More Horrible
A 125-Year-Old Letter Dives Into the True Meaning Of the Word Hack
Replica Mars Mission in Utah Desert Disrupted by Fire
A Federal Court Considers Whether We Have a Right to Tell the Truth
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
Jan. 29 2015 5:37 PM Crash Course Astronomy Episode 3: Cycles in the Sky Phil Plait
Psst, Buddy! Want to Buy a Red-Eared Slider?
Laser Rocket Aurora!
Our Health Is Shaped by the Struggles of Our Parents and Grandparents
SpaceX Drops Lawsuit Against Air Force
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Advises Governor to Ignore Federal Court’s “Judicial Tyranny”
Drones Are Protecting Rhinos and Elephants from Poachers
  Sports
Sports Nut
Jan. 29 2015 9:27 PM Another Data Point New England’s incredible ball security is not impossible, but also not meaningless. Jordan Ellenberg
What the Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” Has in Common With the Last Patriots Championship Team
The Gayest and Straightest Super Bowl Halftime Shows: A Video Slide Show
How a Football Team Brought Me and My Father Together
A Message from a Pats Fan to All the Chafing, Crybaby Chumps Out There
The Patriots Became Nearly Fumble-Proof After a 2006 Rule Change Pushed by Tom Brady
The New England Patriots’ Prevention of Fumbles Is Nearly Impossible