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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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The 2012 Campaign
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The Campaign Decoder
Sorting the race’s gaffes and sideshows from the stuff that matters.
By John Dickerson
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Political Kombat
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Romney's Ray of Hope
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Obama's Ray of Hope
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What Makes a Good President?
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The Slate Book Review
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NFL 2012
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Human Evolution
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The Homeland TV Club
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The Dexter TV Club
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The American Horror Story TV Club
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Mad Men
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The Worst States for Working Women
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Stop Pagination Now
Websites should not make you click and click and click for the full story.
By Farhad Manjoo
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Prog Spring
The brief rise and inevitable fall of the world’s most hated pop music.
By David Weigel
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Blogging the Human Genome
Weird, wonderful stories about each of your 23 chromosomes.
By Sam Kean
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Why You Hate Cyclists
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The Wedding
The unlikely story of America’s first gay military union.
By Katherine Goldstein
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The Chickens and the Bulls
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My Molesters
I was sexually assaulted three times before age 20. Here’s why I never told anyone.
By Emily Yoffe
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How To Make a Viral Hit in Four Easy Steps
The secret to BuzzFeed’s monster online success.
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No More Strapless Wedding Gowns!
They're unflattering, unsophisticated, and annoyingly ubiquitous.
By Katherine Goldstein
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The Crisis in American Walking
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Death in Yellowstone
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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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Where’s _why?
What happened when one of the most unusual, beloved programmers disappeared.
By Annie Lowrey
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The Conversion
How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
By William Saletan
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The Greatest Paper Map of the U.S.
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Slate Writers on Facebook and Twitter
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TOP STORIES
- Friday, October 26, 2012
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Robocop
More ahead of its time than ever.
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What Are We Most Scared of … Right Now?
On the Friday before Halloween, Slate staffers share their darkest fears.
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Will Bush v. Gore Save Barack Obama?
If Obama narrowly wins Ohio, he can thank Justice Scalia and the court’s conservatives.
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The Fraud That Failed
How the GOP’s voter suppression laws may have inadvertently cost them Florida.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Barack Obama.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Mitt Romney.
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Boss Troy Patterson Around
Tell Slate’s drinks columnist which cocktail to order for his birthday.
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The God Intended This Gabfest To Happen Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the campaign’s home stretch, the Republicans' continuing "rape problem," and the Castle Doctrine.
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Richard Mourdock or Abu Hamza?
Spot the difference between the Christian social conservatives and the Islamic fundamentalists.
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Why Amnesty Should Lose at the Supreme Court
It’s not the job of judges to stop warrantless wiretapping.
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Little Lie Detectors
Obama says kids can tell Romney is a fibber. Are children actually good at divining the truth?
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The American Revolution: The Game
Assassin’s Creed III is a thrilling, hyperdetailed journey to the Colonial era. There are also aliens.
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Today's Doonesbury
Bad good, worse better.
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Obama’s 284 Drone Strikes in Pakistan
A map of every reported drone strike in Pakistan.
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Muzzled by the Bots
Intermediaries online are more powerful, and more subtle, than ever before.
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Why Are Our Brains So Ridiculously Big?
Tool use and exploration may be just side effects of social skills.
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The Extinction of the Black Man
In a Comedy Central special, DL Hughley lobbies the EPA to have African-American males declared an endangered species.
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Why Was “Education” the Answer to Every Debate Question?
Obama’s education campaign puts Romney on the defensive.
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The Coach Who Never Paid Retail
Red Auerbach (1917–2006), from Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
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Should Old People Wear Sassy Underwear?
A bold fashion plan for people over 60.
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The Worst Years of Our Lives
Everyone hates middle school. But this crucial, oft-ignored part of your children’s education is getting a makeover.
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The Flop That Saved Microsoft
How the Zune—yes, the Zune—helped revive a great American tech company.
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Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
- Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Mittmentum Is Real
It’s a fool's game to guess whose momentum is greater. But Romney is peaking at just the right moment.
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Cloud Atlas
An adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel starring Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, and Tom Hanks.
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The Insane Defense of the “Castle Doctrine” Gone Wild
A tragic killing in Montana proves once again that these laws do more to encourage violence than to prevent it.
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Olde-Timey Talk
A mini-Explainer on how to reconstruct extinct pronunciation patterns.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Barack Obama.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Mitt Romney.
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Popularity Contest
In defense of the Electoral College.
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How To Deploy Your Candidate
In the race's final days, the campaign that does the better job choosing where to send their candidate may be the ultimate winner.
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When Did Tanned Skin Become Fashionable?
How Coco Chanel may have inspired Mitt Romney.
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Casino Owners Against Gambling
The staggering hypocrisy of Maryland casino opponents.
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San Francisco’s Spectacular Hypocrisy
Will voters restore “one of Nature’s rarest and most precious mountain mansions”?
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American Horror Story, Season 2
Responses to Episode 2 from across the Web.
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Obama v. the Supreme Court
An interview with Jeffrey Toobin.
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Cross-Court Winner
Renée Richards (1934– ), from Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame.
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My Love Won’t Speak My Name
My actor boyfriend keeps me a secret so no one will find out he’s gay.
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No Exception
Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock aren’t outliers. Banning abortion for rape victims is the new Republican mainstream.
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The Sliming
How processed beef trimmings got rebranded, again and again and again.
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The Woman Who Invented the Kitchen
She couldn’t cook.
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The Tyranny of the Iron
Why we should all wear wrinkled clothes.
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- Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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American Horror Story, Season 2
A demon gets under Sister Jude’s habit.
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The Battle for Florida’s Jews
It turns out it’s not much of a battle after all.
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Are Police Dogs Invading Our Privacy?
Next week the Supreme Court will consider that question. Tell us your dog-sniffing stories.
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Who Would Win in a Fight: a Modern Human or a Neanderthal?
We beat them at evolution. But what about fisticuffs?
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Will Ohio State’s Football Team Decide Who Wins the White House?
How politically irrelevant events—like a college football game—can determine who wins an election.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Mitt Romney.
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A Ray of Hope
Why today was a good day for Barack Obama.
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The Culture Gabfest: Why Did You Give Me That Bag of Skittles? Edition
Slate's podcast about the 40th anniversary of Free To Be … You and Me, Saturday Night Live debate spoofs, and HeTexted.com.
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It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too
I spoke out about sexual harassment among atheists and scientists. Then came the rape threats.
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Dear Prudence: Saving Lolita
My late-30s ex-boyfriend is sleeping with a teenager. Should I warn her?
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The Unnatural
Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), from Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame.
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Can We Trust Voting Machines?
Trade-secret law makes it impossible to independently verify that the devices are working properly.
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Free To Be
Has the Free To Be revolution been won, or are we still fighting? (I’m looking at you, princess dress.)
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- Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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- Sunday, October 21, 2012