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• We Don’t Need Another Hero

  But in this year’s oddball elections, it helps to sound like one.

  David Weigel | POLITICS | Thursday, 6:45 PM ET

• Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Scouts, But Not on Leaders

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Thursday, 6:27 PM ET

• Obama’s Post-9/11 World

  While the president said nothing new about drone strikes, he appears ready to take real risks to close Gitmo.

  Fred Kaplan | WAR STORIES | Thursday, 6:25 PM ET

• Is Obama Coming Back From the Dark Side on Privacy?

  Ryan Gallagher | FUTURE TENSE | Thursday, 6:10 PM ET

• Women Struggle with Monogamy More Than Men

  Amanda Marcotte | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 6:00 PM ET

• The Epic Lego Starfighter (VIDEO)

  Slate V Staff | TRENDING NEWS CHANNEL | Thursday, 5:50 PM ET

• President Ruthless

  Don’t be fooled by Obama’s speech. On executive power, he’s just like Bush.

  Eric Posner | VIEW FROM CHICAGO | Thursday, 5:47 PM ET

• Brad Pitt Will No Longer Do Sex Scenes. He Doesn't Have to.

  Alyssa Rosenberg | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 5:24 PM ET

• Slatest PM: GOP Senator Says Obama's Speech Will "Be Viewed by Terrorists as a Victory"

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Thursday, 5:01 PM ET

• Government Support For Electric Vehicles Is Totally Appropriate

  Matthew Yglesias | MONEYBOX | Thursday, 4:35 PM ET

• "We're Trying to Be Methodical About Getting to the Facts Here"

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Thursday, 4:14 PM ET

• The Lessons of Operation Swill: Six Ways to Tell Your Bar Is Passing Off Cheap Liquor as the Good Stuff

  Justin Peters | CRIME | Thursday, 3:48 PM ET

• Four Moments In His Security Speech When Obama Passed the Buck to Congress

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Thursday, 3:36 PM ET

• Watch President Obama Handle a Heckler During His Counterterrorism Speech

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Thursday, 3:33 PM ET

• The Best Reality Makeover Show Yet. Really.

  June Thomas | BROW BEAT | Thursday, 3:02 PM ET

• Can You Find the Artist Hidden in this Photograph?

  David Rosenberg | BEHOLD | Thursday, 3:00 PM ET

• Is Teleportation Possible?

  Quora Contributor | QUORA | Thursday, 2:59 PM ET

• Operation Swill: Jersey Putting Cheap Hooch In Premium Bottles And Selling It

  Matthew Yglesias | MONEYBOX | Thursday, 2:55 PM ET

• Spoiler Special: Star Trek Into Darkness

  Dana Stevens | BROW BEAT | Thursday, 2:50 PM ET

• Read Obama's Foreign Policy Speech In Full

  Emma Roller | WEIGEL | Thursday, 2:19 PM ET

• Why Working Parents Should Not Pull the Kid Card

  Karen Grigsby Bates | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 2:02 PM ET

• Those Unnamed Sources Are No Longer So Sure Tamerlan's Friend Pulled a Knife

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Thursday, 1:58 PM ET

• Microsoft Ad Uses Siri’s Voice to Make Fun of Apple (VIDEO)

  Slate V Staff | TRENDING NEWS CHANNEL | Thursday, 1:26 PM ET

• “Bad Astronomy” on the Front Page of Wikipedia Today. Literally.

  Phil Plait | BAD ASTRONOMY | Thursday, 1:21 PM ET

• The Real Reason Gamers Should Rage About the New Xbox

  Ryan Vogt | FUTURE TENSE | Thursday, 1:06 PM ET

• How Do You Fake Your Own Death?

  First, buy a boat.

  Brian Palmer | EXPLAINER | Thursday, 1:06 PM ET

• House Republicans Find Reasons Not to Endorse Senate Immigration Compromise

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Thursday, 1:06 PM ET

• The Gin and Tonic

  The summer blockbuster of mixed drinks.

  Troy Patterson | DRINK | Thursday, 12:51 PM ET

• I Can Send the Nanny to the Bake Sale? Sweet!

  Rachael Larimore | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 12:38 PM ET

• Keep the Candelabra Flame Burning

  Liberace was a daring, fabulous showman, but he’s in danger of being forgotten. Don’t let his gay legacy die!

  Simon Doonan | DOONAN | Thursday, 12:37 PM ET

• London Victim IDed as 25-Year-Old Afghan Vet

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Thursday, 12:32 PM ET

• Jump on a Manatee’s Back, Go to Federal Prison

  Justin Peters | CRIME | Thursday, 12:22 PM ET

• Are Apostrophes Necessary?

  Not really, no.

  Matthew J.X. Malady | THE GOOD WORD | Thursday, 12:07 PM ET

• From Africa to the Board Room

  How a Zambian-born economist left home for Oxford, Harvard, and Goldman Sachs.

  CONVERSATIONS WITH SLATE | Thursday, 11:46 AM ET

• "A Terrible Evil": Edgar Allan Poe Writes About His Wife's Illness and Death

  Rebecca Onion | THE VAULT | Thursday, 11:30 AM ET

• Computer Models Show Allosaurus Devoured Prey Like a Falcon (VIDEO)

  Slate V Staff | TRENDING NEWS CHANNEL | Thursday, 11:18 AM ET

• Meteor Employee Shoots a Bull’s Eye Against Sexism, with Help from the Hawkeye Initiative

  Holly Derr | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 11:08 AM ET

• Arrested Development Is The Godfather

  David Haglund | BROW BEAT | Thursday, 11:08 AM ET

• Behind Closed Doors at New York Shrink Offices

  David Rosenberg | BEHOLD | Thursday, 11:05 AM ET

• Drooling over Pictures of Pavlof Volcano from Space          

  Phil Plait | BAD ASTRONOMY | Thursday, 11:05 AM ET

• Dating Superman

  The ultimate superpower would let you find, woo, and mate with the perfect person.

  Seth Stevenson | SUPERMAN | Thursday, 10:54 AM ET

• Taiwanese Animators Finally Tackle the Anthony Weiner Story

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Thursday, 10:43 AM ET

• The Next Benghazi Scandal

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Thursday, 9:37 AM ET

• Government Plan to Build "Back Doors" for Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities

  Brian Duggan | FUTURE TENSE | Thursday, 9:17 AM ET

• Spoiler Special: Before Midnight

  Dana Stevens , David Plotz , and David Haglund | BROW BEAT | Thursday, 9:03 AM ET

• Opening Act: Anwar al-Aulaqi, Samir Khan, Abd al-Rahman Anwar al-Aulaqi, Jude Kenan Mohammed

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Thursday, 8:31 AM ET

• The Overnight Bloodbath in Asia

  Matthew Yglesias | MONEYBOX | Thursday, 8:22 AM ET

• The Last of the World War I Vets Speak

  No soldiers survive the first Great War. But the author of The Last of the Doughboys talked to some of the last vets before they passed.

  Richard Rubin | HISTORY | Thursday, 8:04 AM ET

• VLT’s Birthday Gift to Us: Ephemeral Silhouettes on a Pink Curtain

  Phil Plait | BAD ASTRONOMY | Thursday, 8:00 AM ET

• Does My Toddler Have Autism?

  How to identify the early signs of the developmental disorder.

  Melinda Wenner Moyer | THE KIDS | Thursday, 7:39 AM ET

• Kjeragbolten is a Photo Opportunity Not to Be Missed

  Atlas Obscura | ATLAS OBSCURA | Thursday, 7:30 AM ET

• For the Private and Confidential Use of the Recipient

  I responded to a Craigslist personal using my work email. Will I lose my job—and my wife?

  Emily Yoffe | DEAR PRUDENCE | Thursday, 6:15 AM ET

• Today's Doonesbury

  Pre-viralization prep.

  Garry Trudeau | DOONESBURY | Thursday, 4:00 AM ET

• The Highly Effective Idiot

  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is crass, offensive, and may smoke crack. He is also a pretty good mayor.

  Philip Preville | FOREIGNERS | Wednesday, 6:50 PM ET

• Tesla, the Anti-Solyndra, Just Repaid Its Government Loans Nine Years Early

  Will Oremus | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 6:36 PM ET

• Facebook to "Shed Spotlight" on Government Surveillance, Still Won't Publish Transparency Reports

  Ryan Gallagher | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 6:20 PM ET

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Porn-Themed Don Jon Looks Like a Very Good Time at the Movies

  Aisha Harris | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 6:18 PM ET

• Culinary Racism

  Why remarks about race and fried chicken elicit such raw feelings.

  Jesse Bering | SCIENCE | Wednesday, 6:15 PM ET

• The Beatles Overtake Their Idols

  Forrest Wickman | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 6:02 PM ET

• Don’t Pray for Oklahoma

  Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters.

  Mark Joseph Stern | SCIENCE | Wednesday, 5:44 PM ET

• TV Station Axes Reporter Who (Sort of Misleadingly) Claimed the IRS Was After Him

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Wednesday, 5:39 PM ET

• Pottermania

  Harry Potter tourism, where the pilgrims are adults and the books are a religion.

  Katie Roiphe | ROIPHE | Wednesday, 5:37 PM ET

• Obama’s 301 Drone Strikes

  A map of every reported drone strike in Pakistan.

  Chris Kirk | MAP OF THE WEEK | Wednesday, 5:30 PM ET

• Stop Aid to Africa Now

  A Zambian-born economist on how Bill Gates’ billions in international aid could be better spent.

  CONVERSATIONS WITH SLATE | Wednesday, 5:27 PM ET

• Game of Thrones, Season 3

  An appreciation of the Hound.

  Rachael Larimore | TV CLUB | Wednesday, 5:24 PM ET

• Was Liberace a Good Pianist?

  J. Bryan Lowder | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 5:23 PM ET

• Finally, a Half-Decent Way to Keep Your Twitter Account From Getting Hacked

  Will Oremus | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 5:19 PM ET

• Why Is This Groom Posing with a Toilet?

  Jen Swanson | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, 5:15 PM ET

• The Beauty of Bounded Gaps

  A huge discovery about prime numbers—and what it means for the future of math.

  Jordan Ellenberg | DO THE MATH | Wednesday, 4:44 PM ET

• Slatest PM: U.S. Admits To Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Wednesday, 4:42 PM ET

• Take Steven Soderbergh’s Movie T-Shirt Quiz

  Aisha Harris | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 4:08 PM ET

• The Heroic New York City Cop Who's Trying to Stop Stop-and-Frisk

  Justin Peters | CRIME | Wednesday, 3:53 PM ET

• Enough Airy-Fairy Liberal Nonsense About Police. If You Don’t Want to Get Raped, Hire a Private Security Firm.

  Amanda Marcotte | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, 3:20 PM ET

• Copy-Editing the New Lonely Island Video

  David Haglund | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 3:10 PM ET

• London Terror Suspect, Bloody and Holding a Cleaver, Talks to the Camera

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Wednesday, 3:04 PM ET

• Republican Congressmen Explain Why You Shouldn't Thank the Fiscal Cliff Tax Hike for the Falling Deficit

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Wednesday, 2:29 PM ET

• What It Looks Like to Have an EF5 Tornado Pass Right By Your Shelter

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Wednesday, 2:21 PM ET

• For the People, by the People

  What I saw when I participated in one of the truest forms of democracy.

  Amy Crawford | POLITICS | Wednesday, 2:17 PM ET

• Pussy Riot Bandmate Begins Hunger Strike (VIDEO)

  Slate V Staff | TRENDING NEWS CHANNEL | Wednesday, 2:07 PM ET

• “A Peculiar Moaning Sound”

  How did people describe the sound of a tornado before the advent of trains?

  Brian Palmer | EXPLAINER | Wednesday, 2:03 PM ET

• You Do Not Have Asperger’s

  What psychiatry’s new diagnostic manual means for people on the autism spectrum.

  Amy S.F. Lutz | MEDICAL EXAMINER | Wednesday, 2:00 PM ET

• Why Toothpaste Makes Orange Juice Taste Bad

  David Haglund | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 1:51 PM ET

• Why Steve Lynch and Other Democrats Are Helping Their Party By Yelling at the IRS

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Wednesday, 1:27 PM ET

• Playing With Food

  Jordan G. Teicher | BEHOLD | Wednesday, 1:23 PM ET

• The Ominous Rise of the Cat-Beard (VIDEO)

  Slate V Staff | TRENDING NEWS CHANNEL | Wednesday, 1:22 PM ET

• Amazon Plans Wild New Office Building in Downtown Seattle

  Will Oremus | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 1:07 PM ET

• Report: Tsarnaev Friend Shot By FBI Was In Process of Confessing to 2011 Triple Murder

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Wednesday, 12:58 PM ET

• I Like Likable Characters

  And I don’t like female novelists’ new method of dismissing other female writers.

  Jennifer Weiner | CULTUREBOX | Wednesday, 12:33 PM ET

• Teenagers Hate Facebook, but They're Not Logging Off

  Amanda Hess | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, 12:29 PM ET

• Missile Launch Creates Weird Expanding Light Bubble in the Sky

  Phil Plait | BAD ASTRONOMY | Wednesday, 12:09 PM ET

• Texas Judge Blocks Woman From Living With Lesbian Partner at Ex-Husband's Request

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Wednesday, 11:14 AM ET

• The Future of Food Is Here, and It’s Pizza

  Jason Bittel | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 11:01 AM ET

• Filibuster Reform Kicks Open the Coffin and Returns From the Dead

  David Weigel | WEIGEL | Wednesday, 10:42 AM ET

• Prog Bots Into Darkness Edition

  Slate's podcast about the Star Trek franchise, Daft Punk’s new album Random Access Memories, and Google Glass.

  Stephen Metcalf , Dana Stevens , and June Thomas | CULTURE GABFEST | Wednesday, 10:29 AM ET

• The Other NRA (Or How the Philadelphia Eagles Got Their Name)

  Rebecca Onion | THE VAULT | Wednesday, 9:55 AM ET

• The Hatch Amendment Compromise Is the Best News Yet for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

  Matthew Yglesias | MONEYBOX | Wednesday, 9:36 AM ET

• Occupy Barbie's Dreamhouse! And Quit Telling Girls to Dream.

  Katy Waldman | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, 9:30 AM ET

• Character Studies: Scarlett, Nashville

  L.V. Anderson | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 9:02 AM ET

• You’re Doing It Wrong: Poached Eggs

  Gilad Edelman | BROW BEAT | Wednesday, 8:33 AM ET

• Do Charter Schools Work?

  Yes, but not always and not for everyone.

  Ray Fisman | THE DISMAL SCIENCE | Wednesday, 8:30 AM ET

• The Beauty of Bounded Gaps

  A huge discovery about prime numbers—and what it means for the future of math.

  Jordan Ellenberg | DO THE MATH | Wednesday, 4:44 PM ET

• For the Private and Confidential Use of the Recipient

  I responded to a Craigslist personal using my work email. Will I lose my job—and my wife?

  Emily Yoffe | DEAR PRUDENCE | Thursday, 6:15 AM ET

• How Do You Fake Your Own Death?

  First, buy a boat.

  Brian Palmer | EXPLAINER | Thursday, 1:06 PM ET

• The Lessons of Operation Swill: Six Ways to Tell Your Bar Is Passing Off Cheap Liquor as the Good Stuff

  Justin Peters | CRIME | Thursday, 3:48 PM ET

• Teenagers Hate Facebook, but They're Not Logging Off

  Amanda Hess | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, 12:29 PM ET

• Government Plan to Build "Back Doors" for Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities

  Brian Duggan | FUTURE TENSE | Thursday, 9:17 AM ET

• Why Working Parents Should Not Pull the Kid Card

  Karen Grigsby Bates | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 2:02 PM ET

• Women Struggle with Monogamy More Than Men

  Amanda Marcotte | THE XX FACTOR | Thursday, 6:00 PM ET

• The Real Reason Gamers Should Rage About the New Xbox

  Ryan Vogt | FUTURE TENSE | Thursday, 1:06 PM ET

• Keep the Candelabra Flame Burning

  Liberace was a daring, fabulous showman, but he’s in danger of being forgotten. Don’t let his gay legacy die!

  Simon Doonan | DOONAN | Thursday, 12:37 PM ET

• Can You Find the Artist Hidden in this Photograph?

  David Rosenberg | BEHOLD | Thursday, 3:00 PM ET

• You Do Not Have Asperger’s

  What psychiatry’s new diagnostic manual means for people on the autism spectrum.

  Amy S.F. Lutz | MEDICAL EXAMINER | Wednesday, 2:00 PM ET

• Obama’s Post-9/11 World

  While the president said nothing new about drone strikes, he appears ready to take real risks to close Gitmo.

  Fred Kaplan | WAR STORIES | Thursday, 6:25 PM ET

• Culinary Racism

  Why remarks about race and fried chicken elicit such raw feelings.

  Jesse Bering | SCIENCE | Wednesday, 6:15 PM ET

• I Loved My Abusive Basketball Coach

  He berated me and threw things at me. He also made me a better player and a better man.

  David Plotz | SPORTS NUT | Monday, 11:50 AM ET
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• Tornado Survivor Finds Her Missing Dog in the Rubble of Her Home During a TV Interview

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Tuesday, 9:28 AM ET

• Don’t Pray for Oklahoma

  Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters.

  Mark Joseph Stern | SCIENCE | Wednesday, 5:44 PM ET

• The Beauty of Bounded Gaps

  A huge discovery about prime numbers—and what it means for the future of math.

  Jordan Ellenberg | DO THE MATH | Wednesday, 4:44 PM ET

• Texas Judge Blocks Woman From Living With Lesbian Partner at Ex-Husband's Request

  Josh Voorhees | THE SLATEST | Wednesday, 11:14 AM ET

• Steve Jobs’ Dream Device Has Arrived

  And it’s made by Microsoft. Meet the Xbox One.

  Farhad Manjoo | TECHNOLOGY | Tuesday, 6:59 PM ET

• Tesla, the Anti-Solyndra, Just Repaid Its Government Loans Nine Years Early

  Will Oremus | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 6:36 PM ET

• You Do Not Have Asperger’s

  What psychiatry’s new diagnostic manual means for people on the autism spectrum.

  Amy S.F. Lutz | MEDICAL EXAMINER | Wednesday, 2:00 PM ET

• The Pedestrian–Cyclist Armistice

  A bilateral, 10-point resolution to end the decades-long conflict between walkers and bikers.

  L.V. Anderson and Aisha Harris | CULTUREBOX | Wednesday, 7:41 AM ET

• What Was the Drink of Choice in Medieval Europe?

  Quora Contributor | QUORA | Tuesday, 10:59 AM ET

• Where to Hide From Mother Nature

  What’s the safest place in the United States for avoiding natural disasters?

  Brendan Koerner | SCIENCE | Tuesday, 11:18 AM ET

• Don’t Pray for Oklahoma

  Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters.

  Mark Joseph Stern | SCIENCE | Wednesday, 5:44 PM ET

• The Beauty of Bounded Gaps

  A huge discovery about prime numbers—and what it means for the future of math.

  Jordan Ellenberg | DO THE MATH | Wednesday, 4:44 PM ET

• Steve Jobs’ Dream Device Has Arrived

  And it’s made by Microsoft. Meet the Xbox One.

  Farhad Manjoo | TECHNOLOGY | Tuesday, 6:59 PM ET

• Giving Poor Kids Computers Does Nothing Whatsoever To Their Educational Outcomes

  Matthew Yglesias | MONEYBOX | Thursday, 2:10 PM ET

• Operation Swill: Jersey Putting Cheap Hooch In Premium Bottles And Selling It

  Matthew Yglesias | MONEYBOX | Thursday, 2:55 PM ET

• Teenagers Hate Facebook, but They're Not Logging Off

  Amanda Hess | THE XX FACTOR | Wednesday, 12:29 PM ET

• You Do Not Have Asperger’s

  What psychiatry’s new diagnostic manual means for people on the autism spectrum.

  Amy S.F. Lutz | MEDICAL EXAMINER | Wednesday, 2:00 PM ET

• Tesla, the Anti-Solyndra, Just Repaid Its Government Loans Nine Years Early

  Will Oremus | FUTURE TENSE | Wednesday, 6:36 PM ET

• Can You Find the Artist Hidden in this Photograph?

  David Rosenberg | BEHOLD | Thursday, 3:00 PM ET

• The Highly Effective Idiot

  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is crass, offensive, and may smoke crack. He is also a pretty good mayor.

  Philip Preville | FOREIGNERS | Wednesday, 6:50 PM ET