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Jack Shafer: How Dare You Call for the Resignation of Secretary Clinton

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Helfenbein

Jack Shafer of Slate Magazine recently called for the resignation of Secretary Clinton. I have something to say to you, Jack: how dare you. Secret...

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1950s: The Not-So-Silent Generation

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Alderman

Fred Kaplan's enlivening 1959: The Year Everything Changed, argues that the '50s -- a decade that saw the invention of the microchip and the creation of explosive art -- has been misunderstood in hindsight.

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Fight Inequality, Don't Scapegoat Immigrants

Mark Engler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, Slate Magazine, Giovanni Peri, Inequality, George Borjas, Minimum Wage, Wealth, Trade, Illegal Immigration, Free Trade, Globalization, Corporate Power, Politics News
Mark Engler

Immigration to the U.S. is managed in a way that benefits the wealthy. Reactionary anti-immigrant measures create an ever-more-exploitable pool of labor for employers to take advantage of.

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Bush the Teflon Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silda Spitzer, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, Economic, Markets, Ape, Ny Governor, Crime, Madoff, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee, Guantanamo, Gitmo, John Walsh, Punishment, Sen. Charles Schumer, Slate Magazine, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Bush, Taxpayer, Penal Colony, Iraqi, Nazis, Requirements, Exit Interviews, Villainy, Shoe, Franz Kafka, Satisfaction, Bernard Madoff, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Perhaps it was the sexual nature of Eliot Spitzer's offenses that made the shame stick. That and the fact that the former NY governor admitted he did wrong. Bush by contrast is today's Teflon man.

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Why Bush's Burrowing Appointees Are Bad, Despite What Slate Says

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joshuah Bearman

Slate's theory of patronage is overwhelmed by its own example. You can't make a case against the crusty civil service and not worry about the layer of crust Bush is leaving behind.

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Wardrobe Malfunction: Why American Men Hate Fashion

BigMoney.com | Lesley M.M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Big Money, Shopping, Freud, Men's Vogue, Psychology, Slate Magazine, Prada, Jay Fielden, Thom Browne, John Varvatos, Style, Men's Faion, Marketing, Lesley M. M. Blume, Fashion, Rag & Bone, Barneys, Menswear, Simon Doonan, Style News

You can practically taste the delusion as you thumb through certain fashion spreads showcasing fall's "must-have" items for men. According to the styl...

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