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Houston, we have no problems. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine
Yet another article about how "cool" it is to live in Houston. I will agree, that from an economy standpoint, it is a good place to live.
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Discussing True Enough. Part 1 - By Steven Johnson and Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
True Enough doesn't argue that we are markedly more partisan today than we once were. Rather, I'm saying that our partisanship is of a different character. The big historical controversie...
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http://www.slate.com/id/2186607/entry/2186608
Michael Crichton's 1993 prediction of mass-media extinction now looks on target. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
I do agree with one thing, mass media in the US sucks. I dont know how close we are to a collapse, but would be happy if it were soon.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2192382/pagenum/all/#page_start
Indian Steel and Egyptian Cell Phones
[Non-western companies] are buying companies run by Europeans and Americans who are, in many cases, certainly not the best and the brightest. Otherwise, their firms wouldn't be in such po...
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http://www.slate.com/id/2136063
If it's good enough for us, it's good enough for them
To get something as complicated as biology, you've got to have a system that allows a wide variety of molecules to interact in a wide variety of ways. Water, which is a polar molecule, ac...
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http://www.slate.com/id/2137875
What Clash of Civilizations?
The descriptive weakness of choiceless singularity has the effect of momentously impoverishing the power and reach of our social and political reasoning.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2138731/?nav=ais
The economic case against charity. - By Tim Harford - Slate Magazine
We're more interested in feeling good than doing good.
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Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine
Digg and Wikipedia would do well to stop pretending they're operated by the many and start thinking of ways to rein in the power of the few.
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Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine
While Wikipedia does show the creative potential of online communities, it's a mistake to assume the site owes its success to the wisdom of the online crowd.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2184487
The Belief Trap - The evolutionary explanation of religion gets stuck. By Judith Shulevitz
A critique of the newest, popular treament of the so-called "evolutionary" analysis of religion (Dennett's recently published book "Breaking the Spell").
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http://www.slate.com/id/2137743
The two-minute Haggadah. By Michael Rubiner
Goofy summary of what's in the Passover seder. Kind of funny.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2139601
The two-minute Haggadah. By Michael Rubiner
Goofy summary of what's in the Passover seder. Kind of funny.
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The fuss over the photographer who makes kids cry. By Jim Lewis - Slate Magazine
Interesting piece on the ramifications of "taking" pictures of people. The article begins with some reflections on Jill Greenberg, who makes kids cry so she can photograph them.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2145277
Why you can't trust news photography. By Jim Lewis - Slate Magazine
Interesting piece relating to the recent controversies over photographs from Lebanon.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2147502/?nav=tap3
The 9/11 Report: A graphic adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón. - Slate Magazine
A disturbing, but oddly compelling idea - the 9-11 report rewritten as a comick book.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2147309
Reviewing Mike Judge's Idiocracy. By Reihan Salam - Slate Magazine
Mike Judge (of Office Space and Beavis and Butthead) has a new movie, Idiocracy, on American stupidity. Slate calls it radical and biting.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2150627/?nav=ais
Where is the military chaplaincy headed?
Christopher Hitchens, citing Madison's well-established opposition to the military chaplaincy, argues that the recent legislative initiatives show a seriously misguided attitude towards t...
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http://www.slate.com/id/2150801
Michelle Goldberg's Kingdom Coming. By Russell Cobb - Slate Magazine
Critical review of Goldberg's "Kingdom Coming." Read this.
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Slate reviews Todd Field's new movie, Little Children
From the director of Election. Good review, sounds like an interesting movie. Having a toddler at home, I think I've been to the movies maybe once this year.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2151041/?nav=ais
Grass-fed steak tastes better
Slate's tasters try a bunch of high-end steaks and find that grass-fed tastes best. "Never have I witnessed a piece of meat so move grown men."
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http://www.slate.com/id/2152674/?nav=ais
How Oprah and other infotainment programs encourage the mentally tardy to vote. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
"Soft news" is actually good for democracy. Hmm. Slate's perspective on a new poli-sci investigation of lite political journalism (original at snurl.com/116f1).
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http://www.slate.com/id/2152777
Why I ditched Buddhism. - By John Horgan - Slate Magazine
A criticism of Buddhism. Sort of a peculiar little article. Might be useful in teaching.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2078486
Ten greatest civil liberties abuses of 2006
Slate's legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwik writes her own "year's ten best" list: top ten civil rights violations in the U.S. in 2006. More at source. See esp. the sorry story of José Pa...
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http://www.slate.com/id/2156397
Benjamin and Aslan on American Islam
Exchange between Daniel Benjamin (author of The Next Attack) and Reza Aslan (author of No God but God) on the situation of American Muslims in the context of the GWOT. Focuses on the new ...
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http://www.slate.com/id/2158114/entry/2158235
MoveOn.org's anti-McCain ad helps McCain
MoveOn's anti-McCain spot was probably a major gift to the McCain campaign. Watch the video on the site.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2164794?nav=ais
Al Sharpton vs. Christopher Hitchens at the NYPL
I have got to watch this. Christopher Hitchens and Al Sharpton go at it.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2166143
Slate blogs the Bible. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine
So, what can I possibly do? My goal is pretty simple. I want to find out what happens when an ignorant person actually reads the book on which his religion is based. I think I'm in the sa...
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