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The XX Factor:
posted by Rachael Larimore
on May 10, 2011
Is Sarah Palin Just Playing Dumb?
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Brow Beat:
posted by Nina Shen Rastogi
on May 10, 2011
A Response to Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers"
The problem here isn't
that Yang has decided he's most interested in writing about a handful of well
educated Asian-American men and about their professional difficulties and sexual
shortcomings. It's that he does so while claiming to be writing about "Asian
Americans" as a collective. Yang has made their problems our problems. Read More
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Weigel:
posted by David Weigel
on May 10, 2011
McCottermentum!
Sources around Capitol Hill are chatting up a dark horse candidate for the 2012 Republican nominee for president, I'm told. Conservative Republican donors and grassroots activists, who have raised concerns that there is not yet a true Reagan conservative in the GOP presidential primary are privately encouraging Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Michigan Republican, to look at a potential entry. Read More
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Trending News Channel:
posted by Slate V Staff
on May 10, 2011
Royal Honeymoon in the Seychelles: William and Kate Reportedly Vacationing on Remote Indian Ocean Island (VIDEO)
The Internet is abuzz on news that the Royal Couple has begun their honeymoon. The British press reports the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge flew to the Seychelles, an Indian Ocean island country about 1,000 miles east of Kenya. Buckingham Palace won't confirm any details of their trip, and the Read More
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Scocca:
posted by Tom Scocca
on May 10, 2011
Rick Reilly Is Correct: Write for Money
" Don't write for free ," Rick Reilly, the millionaire sports columnist, told the class of 2011 at the University of Colorado's journalism school. (It was the last group of graduates before the J-school is disbanded.) Reilly said: Nobody asks strippers to strip for free, doctors to doctor for Read More