What Happened to Winter on Game of Thrones?
The yearslong seasons were a fascinating part of George R.R. Martin’s books, but the TV show has all but dropped them.
View ArticleA Jock With Glasses Is Not a Geek, but Gay Culture Sure Is Trying to Make It So
I knew we were in trouble when they made a gay porn parody of Pokémon Go.
View ArticleThe New York Post’s Awful Ilhan Omar Cover Makes Perfect Sense When You See...
The New York Post has always been known for its punchy populism, but Col Allan’s return seems to have injected some new … heat into its veins.
View ArticleMaking Sense of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
Chelsea Manning has been much more consistent.
View ArticleA Voyage to the Gym That’s Kept at 50 Degrees to Help You Burn Calories
In the age of sweat, this boutique brand is pursuing cold.
View ArticleThe Angle: Welcome to Charged, the New Season of Slate Presents
Slate Presents has launched Charged, hosted by Emily Bazelon and produced by Alvin Melathe and Veralyn Williams. Check it out now.
View ArticleHerman Cain Says He Is Not Actually Withdrawing His Name From the Fed Race
This saga is a good time. Everyone’s having fun? Right?
View ArticleShould Queer Culture Trade Disco Balls for Decaf Lattes in the Name of...
The queer café movement wants more social spaces away from dancing and booze.
View ArticleLook for References to Michael Flynn in the Mueller Report to See How Much...
Remembering what we already know about Flynn will tell us a lot about what the attorney general might be hiding.
View ArticleEcuadorian President Explains the Lobster-in-Bed Photo That Prompted...
Also, the president’s name is Lenin.
View ArticleAs Democratic 2020 Candidates Take Corporations Down a Peg, They Should...
Economist Tyler Cowen on the college admissions scandal, Herman Cain, and why the field of economics won’t see another revolution.
View ArticleA Startling New Legal Opinion From William Barr Could Doom Thousands of...
This is undoubtedly considered a benefit by the Trump administration.
View ArticleThe Release of the Mueller Report Already Seems Like a Coverup
DOJ officials have had multiple conversations with White House lawyers about the report’s findings ahead of its public release.
View ArticlePolice Are Making Tone-Deaf Memes to Build Community Trust
LOL, cops r joking about ruining people’s lives.
View ArticleNorth Korea Says It Just Conducted a Weapons Test. Is This the End of...
Trump recently corrected Kim's characterization of their relationship as “excellent,” saying “perhaps the term excellent would be even more accurate.”
View ArticleEven Instant Replay Couldn’t Ruin the Most Exciting Soccer Match of the Year
Four goals in a single seven-minute blitz!
View ArticleUntil Recently, I’d Never Seen Another Black Hunter Depicted in Pop Culture....
When the hunter in the Vice documentary is asked if pheasant hunting is a “regular thing” for her, I recognized the reporter’s tone immediately.
View ArticleMueller Report Live Blog: A Quid and a Quo and Obstruction, but No Pro?
No collusion! No collusion?
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