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The Reckoning
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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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Invent Your Future
Share your best tips, advice, and stories about relaunching your career.
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The Explainer
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Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party
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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
- Saturday, November 12, 2011
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The Longform.org Guide to College Sports Scandal
Six stunning stories of campus corruption, hypocrisy, and greed. And Joe Paterno.
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Rick Perry’s Big Oops, Berlusconi’s Bromance, and Joe Paterno’s Ouster
The week’s most interesting Slate stories.
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- Friday, November 11, 2011
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Newt’s Magical History Tour
The former speaker channels Reagan and compares himself to Lincoln. Republicans love it.
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Split Definitive
For the first time in a century, the Supreme Court is divided solely by political party.
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Mishandled Remains, Fake Honey, and a Bottle Battle
This week’s top MuckReads from ProPublica.
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Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Save
The economic collapse of Italy will destroy the euro.
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"I Gotta Feeling" Is a "Watery Piece of Tripe"
Readers respond to Slate’s "New Classics."
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Apocalypse Lars von Trier
His new film Melancholia is annoying, bullying, and unforgettable.
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The Show Me Your National ID Gabfest
Listen to Slate's podcast about the GOP race, Tuesday’s election results, and Joe Paterno.
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Invent Your Future
Slate is collecting your best tips, advice, and stories about starting a business or remaking a career.
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- Thursday, November 10, 2011
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Stopping Iran Without Bombing Iran
Why is Mitt Romney pretending his plan for Iran is different than Obama's?
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Last Man Standing
Mike McQueary says that he saw Jerry Sandusky sexually assault a child. Why does he still have a job at Penn State?
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Religion Doesn’t Make People Immoral, Being Human Does
An interview with Rabbi David Wolpe: Why he’ll argue against the motion,” The World Would Be Better Off Without Religion,” at the Nov. 15 Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.
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Cheap Tricks
Slate readers share extremely clever, occasionally grim, and surprisingly inspirational tips for getting by when money runs low.
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Why Gold? Why Not Argon?
How gold was picked from all the elements to back global currencies.
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Permission To Pollute
A town on the Kansas prairie finds itself fighting not only a local cement plant, but the EPA.
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Sins of the Father
I think my dad has a secret love child. Should I confront him?
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The Big Oops
How Rick Perry killed what was left of his campaign at the Republican presidential debate in Michigan.
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- Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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Not the Greatest
Joe Frazier was a true gladiator, but he’ll always be remembered as Muhammad Ali’s foil.
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Cheer Up, Berlusconi
Vladimir Putin’s sweet attempt to bolster the flagging spirits of his dear Italian friend.
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May It Please the Court
Why this week’s decision upholding Obamacare may carry extra weight at the Supreme Court.
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Is $45,000 a Lot for a Sexual Harassment Settlement?
What's the going rate for a series of unwanted advances?
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Save the Scrollbar!
Why are Apple, Google, and Facebook eradicating a linchpin of user interface design?
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How To Punish Iran
The clever new sanctions that could cripple Tehran’s economy and rattle its leaders.
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An Atheist’s Evolution
Why Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson stopped believing in God.
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In Qaddafi Country
Most of Libya is glad to be rid of him, but the slain dictator remains popular in his hometown.
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Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Week 4: We’re finally getting to the good stuff, teaching computers how to think.
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Does Job Retraining Work?
It’s popular. It’s bipartisan. But will it really help you restart your career?
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The Culture Gabfest, “I Want My Happy Ending” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about The Fabric of the Cosmos, Once Upon a Time, and the 21st century’s cultural canon.
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Cain of Denial
Herman Cain’s press conference about his sexual harassment accusers is a road map to his destruction.
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Like She’s the Only Girl in the World
The improbable, unstoppable success of Rihanna.
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Is Telecommuting a Good Idea?
A new study finds that working from home makes sense. Sometimes.
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How to Save Israel
The three steps that could rescue it from endless conflict and international ostracism.
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Invent Your Future
Slate is collecting your best tips, advice, and stories about starting a business or remaking a career.
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- Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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I'm the Victim Here
Herman Cain tries to turn the tables at his press conference about accusations of sexual harassment.
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Scandals
Do we really care if Herman Cain is lying?
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How Do You Get Your Own Private Doctor?
Do personal physicians advertise in the Yellow Pages?
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Which Way Privacy?
The Supreme Court asks whether the government can put a GPS device on your car without a warrant.
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Google+ Is Dead
The search behemoth might not realize it yet, but its chance to compete with Facebook has come and gone.
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Why We’d Be Miserable in a World Without Religion
An interview with King’s College President Dinesh D’Souza: why he’ll argue against the motion, “The World Would Be Better Off Without Religion,” at the Nov. 15 Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.
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Blue Velvet, 25 Years Later
An almost unrelieved carnival of perversion, corruption, mayhem, and spectacle.
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DROP THE BASS
Skrillex doesn't make good music, but it's awesome in certain ways.
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Beards, Theft, and Other Peculiar Factors That Turn Images Into Icons
A new book traces how images become universally recognized icons.
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Invent Your Future
Slate is collecting your best tips, advice, and stories about starting a business or remaking a career.
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Why Second Life Failed
How Clay Christensen’s “milkshake test” predicts which ultrahyped technology will succeed, and which will bomb.
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The Virtual Baby Shower
Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate the question: Is it tacky to send links to a gift registry to the expectant mother’s far-flung friends and call it a shower?
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The End of Pantyhose?
L’eggs has launched its first ad campaign in 15 years—but it may be too late to pull nylons back from the brink of extinction.
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Kids Today
Occupy Wall Street is part of a major shift in ethical behavior among young people.
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Israel’s Old-Time Religion
How government policies have caused the surge in ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Israel—and why it’s an economic disaster.
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- Monday, November 7, 2011
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Hang Up and Listen: The Happy Valley Horror Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on LSU-Alabama, the Penn State sex abuse scandal, and barefoot running.
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Passport Originalism
How the status of Jerusalem got dragged into a critical Supreme Court case about separation of powers.
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Should You Transfer Your Money to a Credit Union?
The feel-good movement to punish corporate banks, and why it will probably increase bank profits.
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Shame on You, Joe Paterno
Penn State’s horrific sex abuse scandal reveals the school’s moral hypocrisy.
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Don’t Mess With Grandma
How a 78-year-old retiree may help the Kochs in their battle against Occupy Wall Street.
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Sniffing Out Trouble
Dear Prudence advises a woman who caught her fiance's dad in a sleazy act—in a live chat at Washingtonpost.com.
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The Ticking Clock and Other Physical Tactics: Slate’s Negotiation Academy
Episode 4 of our series on haggling like the pros.
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Herman and Hamid
Why is it so hard to speak honestly about allegations of sexual harassment or our corrupt ally in Afghanistan?
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“Gatorade Is the Antichrist”
How coconut water suddenly became ubiquitous on American shelves.
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The Weak Link Between Stress and Infertility
Despite inconclusive evidence, the idea that stress harms conception persists—and it’s stressing women out.
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Mississippi Birthing
Would Mississippi’s embryonic “personhood” amendment outlaw birth control? Apparently so.
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Invent Your Future
Slate is collecting your best tips, advice, and stories about starting a business or remaking a career.
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The Mystery of 1948
Did Israel actually plan to expel most of its Arabs in 1948? Or not?
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Read Dickens Now!
Two new biographies are a reminder of Dickens’s vast social imagination.
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The Geologist in the Jungle
One man's journey into the rainforest in search of a mysterious tree kangaroo.
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- Sunday, November 6, 2011
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