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Family Plans Small Private Funeral for Steve Jobs
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GOP Blames Obama for Encouraging Anti-Wall Street "Mobs"
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Weigel
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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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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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The Cartoon-Character Color Wheel
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The Perfect Day
His dog was dying. But they could spend one last day together.
By Jon Katz
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Trutherism
The rise and fall of 9/11 conspiracy theories.
By Jeremy Stahl
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Twins!
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Stop Putting Two Spaces After a Period
It's totally, absolutely, indefensibly wrong.
By Farhad Manjoo
TOP STORIES
- Friday, October 7, 2011
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“Really … Crummy”
Steve Jobs’ legendary attention to detail, and how it caused Apple’s success.
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“Secrets of the Little Blue Box”
The 1971 article about phone hacking that inspired Steve Jobs.
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Kill Panels, Problems at Fannie Mae, and Unnecessary Medical Spending
This week’s Top MuckReads from ProPublica.
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Perfect Weekend
If you’ve ever met someone who changed your life in the space of days, you’ll relate to something in this movie.
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The Just Nuts to Run Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the non-candidacy of Chris Christie and Sarah Palin, and Apple’s role in politics.
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- Thursday, October 6, 2011
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The Steve and Nino Show
Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia unintentionally make the case for putting cameras in the courtroom.
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Beware The Ides of March
George Clooney and Ryan Gosling stumble in this failed political thriller.
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Did Dropping Acid Make Steve Jobs More Creative?
It seemed to work for William S. Burroughs and the Beatles.
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The Machines Regret the Bio-Expiration of Steve Jobs
What does his death mean for Machine-human relations?
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Longform.org: Steve Jobs, in His Own Words
Interviews, transcripts, and speeches—the master communicator, unfiltered.
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Left Behind
Sarah Palin’s decision not to run is bad news for her supporters—and, they say, for America.
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Help the Next Steve Jobs
If you want to honor Steve Jobs, do what somebody did for him: Donate your organs.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Jessica Rabbit Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Amanda Knox, whether women care about their “number,” and Katie Roiphe’s essay about being a single mom.
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Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
My wife doesn’t want sex frequently, so I visit prostitutes. Should I stop?
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- Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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The Man Who Invented Our World
More than anyone else, Steve Jobs shaped modern technology—and modern life.
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Sarah Palin’s Improbable Gift to Women
By choosing excessive self-confidence over undue modesty, she broke one of the final glass ceilings.
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Ministers of Justice
The Supreme Court asks which is more important: preventing discrimination or protecting religion?
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Jes’ Talkin’ to Mah Ah-Phone
How does Apple's speech-recognition software handle accents?
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The Economics of Occupy Wall Street
The protesters say the top 1 percent of Americans have gotten too rich. Are they right?
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Obama’s Macher
Robert Wexler will happily explain to Jewish voters just how great the president has been for Israel.
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The Presidential Horse Race
Literally: an animation of the 2012 Republican campaign as a horse race.
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Among the Uggs
A city girl brings her deft condescension to the suburbs in Suburgatory.
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Is There an “Obama Effect” on Crime?
A surprising new theory for the continuing crime decline among black Americans.
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The 40-Year Itch
Would-be space explorers, scientists, and a couple of crackpots gather at DARPA’s 100-Year Starship Symposium to try to get interstellar travel unstuck.
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Questions for Laura Dern
The Enlightened star talks about dragging David Lynch back to directing, transcendental meditation, and the possibility of Jurassic Park 4.
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No Basketball, No Problem
Why a lost NBA season wouldn’t be a disaster for local economies.
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The Culture Gabfest, “The Ken Burns Flinch” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new Ken Burns documentary Prohibition, Ikea, and the corpulence of Chris Christie.
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- Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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American Horror Story
Freaky sex, sadistic violence, and fun for the whole family?
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Dead Letter Office
The case that has even Antonin Scalia wondering what to do about incompetent lawyers in death penalty cases.
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Before Hitler, Who Was the Stand-In for Pure Evil?
The Egyptian Pharaoh, of course.
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Grandma’s Benefits Imperil Junior’s Future
Watch tonight’s Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. debate live.
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The No-Dick Rule
Why former Vice President Cheney should no longer be allowed on network TV.
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I Thought We Were Getting a New iPhone
The unexciting iPhone 4S could open the mobile market for Google and Microsoft.
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Hey, iPhone 4S! Why Are You Such a Letdown?
Farhad Manjoo and Slate readers discuss the release of Apple’s latest iPhone.
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"Now Is Not My Time"
With Chris Christie’s announcement, the Republicans continue their search for an alternative to Mitt Romney.
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Hoovernomics (but a Different Hoover)
An interview with Fox News Commentator Margaret Hoover: Why she’ll argue for the proposition “Grandma’s benefits imperil Junior’s future” at the Oct. 4.
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Is My Mentor Crossing the Line?
We talked on the phone for five hours, and now I want to redraw a boundary—but I don’t know how.
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Hey Buddy, Check the Comment Thread
Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe discuss whether it’s necessary to read back through the comments before chiming in yourself.
- Monday, October 3, 2011
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The Numbers Behind What’s Your Number?
How many sex partners has the average American woman had—and does anyone still care?
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Hang Up and Listen: The Beast Mode Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the pass-happy NFL, baseball team chemistry, and fighting in the NHL.
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Gringo Gulch, Dago Spring, and Polack Swamp
How many racist place names are there in the United States?
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Spend, Spend, Spend
There is only one way out of the global recession, and government must lead the way.
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Don’t Tell Dad
Dear Prudence advises a woman whose friend won’t tell her one-night stand she got pregnant—during a live chat at Washingtonpost.com.
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Let’s Talk iPhone 5!
Join us for a live Facebook discussion about the release of the latest iPhone.
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The Shirt From Hell
The appalling rise of the smelly, sweaty, scratchy no-iron shirt.
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Citizen Enemies
Those who protest the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki have to say what they would have done instead.
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Drones Are Death Warrants
Can the U.S. send drones to execute American citizens like Anwar al-Awlaki without trial? You bet.
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Will War Ever End?
Steven Pinker’s new book reveals an ever more peaceable species: humankind.
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- Sunday, October 2, 2011
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- Saturday, October 1, 2011
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The Longform.org Guide to Cold Cases
Cyanide, arson, and an ax—amazing stories about unsolved murders.
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Robot Overlords, Chris Christie the Un-Candidate, and the Model-Plane Bomber
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
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