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Va. House Drops Mandated Invasive Ultrasound Provision
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Romney Vows To Cut Taxes by 20 Percent
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Argentinan Train Crash Kills Dozens
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Weigel
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Moneybox
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XX Factor
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Brow Beat
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Future Tense
A citizen’s guide to the future from Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State.
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The Reckoning
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The Wright Show
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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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The 2011 Explainer Question of the Year
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The Downton Abbey TV Club
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The Romney Income Calculator
How long would it take the GOP candidate to earn your annual salary?
By Dan Check
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The GOP Horse Race
What the presidential campaign would look like if it were an actual horse race.
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The Mouse Trap
The dangers of using one lab animal to study every disease.
By Daniel Engber
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Robot Invasion
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Permanent Record
The surprising stories I uncovered in a trove of report cards from the 1920s.
By Paul Lukas
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The Greatest Paper Map of the U.S.
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Stop Putting Two Spaces After a Period
It's totally, absolutely, indefensibly wrong.
By Farhad Manjoo
TOP STORIES
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Santorum’s Martyr Complex
His camp says he is being attacked because of his faith. Forgive me, but that’s downright sinful.
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Heavy Medals
Sotomayor’s boyfriends lie to her? And the other untruths that worry the Supreme Court.
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Don’t Burn After Reading
What’s the right way to dispose of a Quran—or any other sacred text?
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Shame on You!
When is it OK to humiliate thieves, drunk drivers, or Wall Street fat cats?
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America’s Best Weather Forecast
It’s on Weather Underground, and you should start using it now.
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Why Did Mitt Change His Mind?
Join William Saletan for a discussion of his essay on Romney’s pro-life conversion.
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Considering Edith's OK Cupid Profile
Our TV Club chats with readers about the Downton Abbey finale.
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Get Your Kitchen Out of My Parking Space!
City governments across the country are threatening to kill the food truck revolution with dumb regulations.
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“The Help” Gets Its Due
New laws mean domestic workers finally have to be treated like other employees.
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How To Win an Oscar Without Saying a Word
Eight great silent performances from the sound era.
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Ash Wednesday Do’s and Don'ts
Do you have to keep the ashes on your face until bedtime?
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The Culture Gabfest, “Great Granola Showdown” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Downton Abbey, the Oscar-nominated film Moneyball, and the world’s greatest granola.
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Runaway Juror
Can I use science to get out of jury duty?
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How To Save Smash
Make it more like the real Broadway.
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The WikiHouse Revolution
Will open-source DIY architecture usher in a new age of architectural innovation?
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The Conversion
How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
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- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Hang Up and Listen: The Wide World of Slurs Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the latest in Linsanity, Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan abroad, and sports journalism on the Web.
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The Real Caveman Diet
Did people eat fruits and vegetables in prehistoric times?
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No More Chinks in the Armor
The Jeremy Lin controversy suggests it’s time to retire the phrase for good.
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Pat Nixon’s Lover, and Other Stories
A clever comic novel tells the (fictional) tales of Watergate’s peripheral characters.
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
The two scenes that remind us why Downton is sometimes just plain great, even without suds.
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Amateur Wedding Paparazzi
What’s the deal with guests snapping cell-phone photos at weddings and posting them online?
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The Other Mormon Candidate
He’s running for president of Mali.
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Private Dancer
In a live chat, Dear Prudence advises a stripper who is being blackmailed about her secret profession.
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Eugenics, American Style
Santorum says prenatal testing leads to abortions. Read Tucker Carlson’s classic essay on prenatal testing and the abortion of Down syndrome babies.
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Last Chance To Save the Oscars!
Voting ends Wednesday.
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Dear Prudence: Repulsive Co-Worker
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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Why Romney Is Collapsing
His economic arguments are failing, and he has nothing else.
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All Aboard (Not)
Why has Amtrak stopped letting children take the train on their own?
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Between You and I
Listen to Slate’s show about a grammar mistake that won’t die.
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What Obama Should Say About the Texas Affirmative Action Case
He should support class-based preferences that help all low-income students.
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Disability Fraud
Did Rick Santorum lie through his teeth about partial-birth abortion?
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My Divorced Friend Is Moving In
I said she could stay with my husband and me, but now I’m regretting it.
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Print Your Own Prosthetic Limb
In Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler explain how 3-D printing and infinite computing will change everything.
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- Monday, February 20, 2012
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Ron Paul’s Billionaire
Peter Thiel made a fortune investing in the right ventures at the right time. So why is he investing millions in a doomed presidential campaign?
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Mitt Romney’s Near-Death Candidacy
What the candidate must do to beat Santorum in Michigan.
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More Single Moms. So What.
The New York Times condescends to single moms.
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
An honest-to-God wrestling match between two men in dinner jackets!
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The Information Welfare State
The "right to be forgotten" doesn't go far enough. We need mandatory insurance to protect online reputations.
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Occupy the Super PACs
Justice Ginsburg knows the Citizens United decision was a mistake. Now she appears to be ready to speak truth to power.
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Can Romney Break the Hoover Curse?
Americans haven’t put a successful CEO in office since 1928. If Romney is to end the drought, he’ll want to avoid appearing to be the second coming of our worst president.
- Sunday, February 19, 2012
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Downton Abbey, Season 2
What kind of monster prefers Sir Richard to Matthew?
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What Animals Don't Need
Strips of land linking wildlife reserves are one of the most widely used tools in conservation. But do they even work?
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Lunch With Shaw-Lan Wang
A rare interview with the newspaper magnate and Lanvin baroness.
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- Saturday, February 18, 2012
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Goodnight Sunshine
Germany is cutting solar-power subsidies because they are expensive and inefficient.
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When Did I Ever Refuse an Accommodation?
Francis Ford Coppola discusses opening his latest hotel.
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Posthumous Baptism, Project Narwhal, and Moderate Rick Santorum
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
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- Friday, February 17, 2012
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The Deepest Darkest Fantasies of Democrats and Republicans
Both parties are using the contraception debate to paint the other side as scary radicals. In others words, politics as usual.
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What? Me Worry?
It’s too early to say who will win in November. But Republicans increasingly seem to think it won’t be them.
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Bullhead
A powerful movie about the Flemish black-market trade in illegal beef hormones.
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The Celltex Affair
An ethics scandal strikes the world of bioethics.
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How Dangerous Is Asthma?
You’re more likely to die from drowning.
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Krugman vs. Brooks
The Times’ columnists are brawling about Charles Murray’s new book. They are both wrong.
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Battle-Hardened by the Climate Wars
The author of the "hockey stick" graph tells his story.
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Robo-Signing, Foreclosure Mills, and Problems at Fannie Mae
ProPublica’s look back at the stand-out reporting on the foreclosure crisis.
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The Embers of Desire Gabfest
Listen to Slate's live show about the GOP race, the possibility of a third-party presidential candidate, and Stephen Glass’ fight to join the California bar.
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Should You Donate to a Candidate or a Super PAC?
It depends on how nasty you want to get.
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The Longform Guide to Anthony Shadid
Some of the greatest dispatches from one of America’s greatest foreign correspondents.
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You Don’t Need a Kitchen To Be a Chef
The fine art of guerrilla cooking.
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Mystery on the Hollywood Backlot
John Logan (Hugo) wrote a screenplay that could’ve been the best movie Michael Mann ever made. Here’s why you can’t see it.
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War Dogs
How an Irish setter helped my family get through the Bosnian War.
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Out on a Limb
The search for the perfect cinematic tree.
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The American Way of Eating
The truth about money and class at Applebee’s.
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Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
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- Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Virginia’s Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an Abomination
Under the new legislation, women who want an abortion will be forcibly penetrated for no medical reason. Where’s the outrage?
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Why Chris Brown Is Even Worse Than You Thought
He not only beats women—he makes a conscious choice to beat women.
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Undefeated
A stirring documentary about a hard luck inner-city high-school football team with the will to win.
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Slow Food
Explainer House Call: What does sloth meat taste like?
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Mormons in America
Where the country’s largest homegrown religion thrives—and where it doesn’t.
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Austerity. China. The Housing Market. The Middle East.
Four reasons to stay gloomy about the global economy.
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My Night With Raquel
Bombshell crashes Fashion Week!
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Bringing Up Bébé
Do supposedly superior French parenting methods have lasting effects?
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Citizenship for Sale
St. Kitts and Nevis will let you buy citizenship. The United States should do the same.
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The Big Robot Questions
The social, legal, and ethical problems posed by the coming robotics revolution.
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Backcountry Skiing
Is the sublime ride down worth the grueling hike up?
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Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life
An interview with David Treuer.
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Liberals, Don’t Homeschool Your Kids
Why teaching children at home violates progressive values.
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The American Way of Eating
Who eats at Applebee’s—and why?
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Brotherly Love
My twin and I share an earth-shattering secret that could devastate our family—should we reveal it?
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