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Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday, May 24, 2013

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	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Slatest PM: An Update From Barbara and Bowser, Who Were Reunited in the Rubble Friday, May 24, 2013, at 5:43 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees With Fate of Video in Question, Toronto Mayor Denies Smoking Crack Friday, May 24, 2013, at 3:57 PM EDT

	Politics \| Nathaniel Frank Scout's Dishonor Friday, May 24, 2013, at 12:18 PM EDT The Boy Scouts' strange new policy on homosexuality is a spineless half-step that is doomed to fail.

	Blog \| Justin Peters New Study Tries, Fails to Show Marijuana Use Is Linked to Crime Friday, May 24, 2013, at 2:27 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees The Prime Minister of Japan Wants Everyone to Know He's Not Afraid of Ghosts Friday, May 24, 2013, at 3:04 PM EDT

Moneybox | Matthew Yglesias
Immigration Lessons From the NBA
Friday, May 24, 2013, at 2:33 PM EDT
We should treat skilled technology workers the same way we treat foreign athletes.

	Blog \| Slate V Staff Lena Dunham Is Not Pleased With XXX Girls Parody (VIDEO) Friday, May 24, 2013, at 1:33 PM EDT

	Blog \| Matthew Yglesias Should We Protect Hardworking American Journalists From Insidious Foreign Competition? Friday, May 24, 2013, at 4:11 PM EDT

	Blog \| Justin Peters Dumb Criminals of the Week: The Three Guys Who Accidentally Butt-Dialed 911 Mid-Crime Friday, May 24, 2013, at 12:58 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees The Washington Bridge That Collapsed Last Night Was "Functionally Obsolete" Friday, May 24, 2013, at 10:01 AM EDT

	Future Tense \| Will Oremus This 23-Ton Star Wars X-Wing Is the Largest LEGO Model Ever Built Friday, May 24, 2013, at 3:07 PM EDT

	Blog \| David Weigel Eric Holder Will Lead Investigation Into Journalist Warrant That He Approved Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 7:53 PM EDT

	Blog \| Slate V Staff Someone Just Paid $1.5 Million to Go to Space With Leonardo DiCaprio (VIDEO) Friday, May 24, 2013, at 4:46 PM EDT

	Jurisprudence \| Tom Donnelly and Doug Kendall Scalia vs. Roberts Friday, May 24, 2013, at 11:24 AM EDT The conservative justices faced off over Obamacare—now they're dueling again.

	Crime \| Emily Bazelon Is Kaitlyn Hunt Being Punished Because She Is Gay? Friday, May 24, 2013, at 7:15 AM EDT It looks that way. But her case is about more than gay rights.

	Bad Astronomy \| Phil Plait Global Warming Firehose Friday, May 24, 2013, at 9:33 AM EDT

	Politics \| David Weigel We Don't Need Another Hero Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 6:45 PM EDT But in this year's oddball elections, it helps to sound like one.

	Blog \| Matthew Yglesias Seriously—The Evidence Is Overwhelming That Americans Pay Too Much to Go See the Doctor Friday, May 24, 2013, at 11:10 AM EDT

	Blog \| Matthew Yglesias Obamacare Rollout Is Going to Be Like a Train Getting You to Your Destination in a Timely Manner Friday, May 24, 2013, at 9:28 AM EDT

	Blog \| Matthew Yglesias The Myth of IRS Unpopularity Friday, May 24, 2013, at 9:46 AM EDT

	Blog \| David Weigel Busy Doing Nothing (Except Winning Elections) Friday, May 24, 2013, at 9:54 AM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Those Unnamed Sources Are No Longer So Sure Tamerlan's Friend Pulled a Knife Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 1:58 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Scouts, But Not on Leaders Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 6:27 PM EDT

	The Slate Quiz \| Ken Jennings Play the *Slate* News Quiz Friday, May 24, 2013, at 5:55 AM EDT With Jeopardy! superchampion Ken Jennings.

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