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Facebook Kowtowed to Conservatives and Got Nothing in Return

Obama Sat Out the Past Four Years, and It Shows

Texas GOP Chair Suggests Secession After Supreme Court Shoots Down Election Lawsuit

QAnon Has Really Ruined Things for Taylor Swift

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We’re Still Underrating The Queen’s Gambit

How to With John Wilson Made the Most of This Disaster of a Year

The Screwball Surrealism of The Flight Attendant

COVID-19

Everything You Wanted to Know About the Vaccine, in One Place

Care and Feeding

My MIL Recklessly Gave Us COVID, and Now She’s Banning Me From Christmas

Holding power accountable.

In Defense of Short Attention Spans

Go Absolutely Wild Decorating for the Holidays This Year

Movies

Colonel Sanders Was, in Fact, Very Horny

The Bananas Twist Ending of Wild Mountain Thyme, Explained

Michael Bay’s Pandemic Movie Shows Why Movies Failed to Prepare Us for the Pandemic

His constant screaming makes everyone walk on eggshells.

Podcast Episode Help! I Secretly Want My Best Friend to Fail at Dating.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Covert Consumer

Help! How Can I Reconnect With the Friends I Ghosted?

Podcast Episode Help! My Husband’s Been “Promising” to Quit Smoking for Eight Years.

My Boyfriend’s Favorite Kink Is a Philosophical Mind-Bender

How to With John Wilson Made the Most of This Disaster of a Year

What Is Marzipan, Anyway?

Texas GOP Chair Suggests Secession After Supreme Court Shoots Down Election Lawsuit

Future Tense Newsletter: The Great Real Housewives Emoji Debate

Did You Know Bees Smear Animal Poop on Their Hives to Repel Giant Hornets?

The Biggest Change in Politics Since 2005

The Real Reasons All the Top Chess Players Are Men

Barack Obama Sat Out the Past Four Years and It Shows

Colonel Pleasures

Taylor Swift’s Evermore: A Track-by-Track Review

The Casual Star Wars Fan’s Guide to “Operation: Cinder”

How to With John Wilson Made the Most of This Disaster of a Year

What Is Marzipan, Anyway?

In Defense of Short Attention Spans

The Bananas Twist Ending of Wild Mountain Thyme, Explained

Michael Bay’s Pandemic Movie Shows Why Movies Failed to Prepare Us for the Pandemic

QAnon Has Really Ruined Things for Taylor Swift

How Will You Know When It’s Your Turn to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Did You Know Bees Smear Animal Poop on Their Hives to Repel Giant Hornets?

Facebook Kowtowed to Conservatives and Got Nothing in Return

Everything You Wanted to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine, in One Place

How to Break Up Facebook

A New Lawsuit Reveals an Existential Debate in Sports Video Games

I’ve Been Informed I’m One of the First to Get the COVID Vaccine in America. I Feel Weird About It.

Future Tense Newsletter: The Great Real Housewives Emoji Debate

In 2020, I Tossed the Usual Holiday Cards

Help! My Spouse Won’t Evict Their Horrible Brother From Our House.

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want to Adopt Our Next Kid. My Husband Doesn’t.

Dear Care and Feeding: My MIL Recklessly Gave Us COVID, and Now She’s Banning Me From Christmas

Go Absolutely Wild Decorating for the Holidays This Year

Help! I Secretly Want My Best Friend to Fail at Dating.

Colonel Sanders Was, in Fact, Very Horny

India Just Had the Biggest Protest in World History

The Biggest Change in Politics Since 2005

The Supreme Court Shoots Down Texas’ Radical Attempt to Overturn the Election

Barack Obama Sat Out the Past Four Years and It Shows

Happy Fifteen Years, Political Gabfest

Trump Is Finishing Russia’s Smear Campaign Against America

In the Attacks on Raphael Warnock’s Preaching, One Old American Tradition Meets Another

Texas GOP Chair Suggests Secession After Supreme Court Shoots Down Election Lawsuit

We Need to Talk About Your Ad Blocker

Want to Block Ads But Still Support Slate?

Help! I Secretly Want My Best Friend to Fail at Dating.

Help! My Husband’s Been “Promising” to Quit Smoking for Eight Years.