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News & Politics, Feature Oct 23, 2018
Slow Burn re-creates the daily barrage of information during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

And it asks the question, which details from the current administration will still matter 20 years from now?
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Feature, Slow Burn, Leon Neyfakh, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Richard Nixon, Watergate, impeachment, Slate, Jenn White, Rick Perlstein, political scandal, Watergate, Zippergate

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jan 11, 2018
Gift Theatre's Ten 2018, Filament Theatre's Forts!, and four more new stage shows

A festival of ten-minute plays and an interactive kids' show are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Blue Over You, Michael Joseph Mitchell, Dan Noonan, Spot On Company, Forts! Build Your Own Adventure, Filament Theatre, children's theater, It's My Penis and I'll Cry If I Want To, Jamie Black, Nevermore—The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, Black Button Eyes Productions, Jonathan Christenson, Ed Rutherford, Nick Sula, Rufus Griswold, literary frenemies, the Gift Theatre, Ten 2018, short plays, theater festivals, Winter or Fall, Mike Nussbaum, Jessica Thebus, David Rabe, Slate, Carly Olson, The Cellphone Play, Rammel Chan, Northern Michigan Trust, K. Frithjof Peterson, Soft Things, J. Nicole Brooks, Nigerian Astronaut Wants to Come Home, Tracy Letts, The Night Safari, Will Eno, Cancellation

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Sep 20, 2017
When the nice lady has a penis . . .

Dan Savage advises a straight guy encountering a “mental block” after learning the woman he’s been seeing is transgender, and more.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, pre-op transgender, transgender, chicks with dicks, homophobia, transphobia, Evan Urquhart, Slate, nonmonogamy, monogamy, gaslighting, self-sabotage

Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2016
Chicago Dancing Festival, Purple Rain, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Unelectable You, Chicago Dancing Festival, and more happenings from August 22-25.
- By Anna Waters
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Olympics, Jonathan Biss, Ravinia, Prince, Purple Rain, Chicago Dancing Festival, Millennium Park, Great Love Debate, Chicago Turkish Festival, John Jodzio, Unelectable You, Second City, Slate

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 11, 2016
Ayn Rand in Love, Thrones! A Musical Parody, and eight more new stage shows

An incongruous musical and a Game of Thrones spoof are among this week's highlights.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Ayn Rand in Love, MCL Chicago, Premier Premieres, Einstein's Gift, Fritz Haber, Genesis Theatricals, Elayne LeTraunik, Chris Saunders, Vern Thiessen, First Floor Theater, Fitzfest, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, Kevin Rolston Jr., The Jackie Wilson Story, Jackie Taylor, Black Ensemble Theater, Rueben Echoles, Mother and Me, Melinda Buckley, Kimberly Senior, The Promise of a Rose Garden, Babes With Blades, Dustin Spence, Elyse Dawson, Muse of Fire Theatre Company, Queen Margaret, Henry VI, Richard III, Annelise Dickinson, Jon Beal, Thrones! A Musical Parody, Baby Wants Candy, Nicholas Druzbanski, Game of Thrones, Caitlyn Cerza, Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Reutan Collective, Second City, Slate, Unelectable You, Jacob Weisberg, Peter Sagal, Calamity West

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2016
The Reader’s Made in Chicago Market, Hot Dog Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Martin Luther King 1,000 Mile March, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, and more happenings from August 5-7
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Chicago Hot Dog Fest, Chicago History Museum, Unelectable You, Second City, Slate, Up Comedy Club, Chicago Horror Convention, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, Subterranean, The Inborn Absolute, Robert Ryan, Great State Gallery, Made in Chicago Market, Plumbers Hall, Arguments and Grievances, North Bar

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 2, 2016
Second City and Slate join forces for Unelectable You

The political revue combines comedy and journalism to examine the current election.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Unelectable You, Second City, Slate, Matt Hovde, Dan Kois, Up Comedy Club, 2016 Election, Donald Trump

Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2016
Jamie Kalven wins Polk Award for his coverage of Laquan McDonald

The Invisible Institute founder is being honored not only for what he reported but for what he predicted.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Jamie Kalven, Invisible Institute, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Police, George Polk Awards, Long Island University, Slate, Kalven v. Chicago, Jason Van Dyke

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2015
Should you blow off your student loans?

Lee Siegel's coldhearted essay in the New York Times is actually a call to arms.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Education, Media, News, Lee Siegel, New York Times, Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View, Jordan Weissmann, Slate, Trevor Thomas, americanthinker.com

Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2014
A rite and a writ—a good week for gay marriage

A gay couple from Wisconsin marry in Chicago as the Seventh Circuit strikes down that state's constitutional amendment forbidding same-sex marriage.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: LGBT, Media, News, same-sex marriage, Wisconsin constitution, Indiana law, Seventh Circuit Appellate Court, Judge Richard Posner, Mark Joseph Stern, Slate, Judge Martin Feldman, Louisiana law, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, Posner-Scalia feud, Lawrence v. Texas, Utah, Defense of Marriage Act, Frank Merriwell, Chip Hilton, Jim Crow, John Stuart Mill, polygamy, editorial pages, tangible harm versus spirtual harm

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Aug 21, 2014
Is it insensitive to be attracted to trans women?

Plus: When it’s OK to ask a woman her weight, and what to do when your snooping mother-in-law discovers gay porn and a butt plug.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, transgender, trans-girl porn, sex-reassignment surgery, Parker Marie Molloy, New York Times, the Advocate, Slate, BBW, Craigslist, Match.com, OkCupid, Gun Lovers Passions, threesome, monogamish, lube, butt plug, gay porn, religion

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jun 19, 2014
Polyamory prep

Plus: Fantasy fucking your partner, and reconsidering the #NotAllMen hashtag.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, monogamy, polyamory, cheating, Polyamory: Married & Dating, Showtime, Diana Adams, open relationship, fantasy, Isla Vista, Yes All Women, Not All Men, Elliot Rodger, sexism, gun violence, Phil Plait, Slate, misogyny

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2014
The Senate's rejection of Debo Adegbile

With the help of seven Democrats, demagoguery triumphs over civil rights.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News, Debo Adegbile, President Obama, Justice Department, civil rights division, U.S. Senate, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Fox News, Greg Gutfeld, Slate, Harry Reid, National Review Online

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2014
On the day every American wanted to protect Bode Miller

Alpine skiing and asking banal questions at the Olympics are both high-risk jobs.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, Bode Miller, Christin Cooper, Sochi Olympics, Super-G, NBC, privacy, Andrew Werbrecht, Chelone Miller, Keith Olbermann, Richard Sandomir, New York Times, Slate, Justin Peters, Matt Lauer

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Aug 22, 2013
Should parents Pamper a diaper swiper?

Plus: Are missing fingers an impediment to finding love?
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, dirty diapers, fetish, Jesse Bering, Slate, Scientific American, masturbation, panty hose, paraphilia, chores, theft, therapist, kleptomania, Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us, counseling, disfigured, Walter Reed

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2013
Jeff Zwirek is on fire

The local graphic novelist's Burning Building Comix is one of the best you will see this year.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Books, Arts, Visual Art, Jeff Zwirek, Burning Building Comix, Chris Ware, Building Stories, graphic novels, Slate, fire, Kickstarter

Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2013
Is Don Draper hopeless?

Mad Men ends its season; the think pieces go on and on.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Arts, Television, Media, News, Mad Men, Don Draper, Matthew Weiner, newrepublic.com, Jane Hu, Evan Kindley, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip Maciak, theatlantic.com, Slate, Seth Stevenson, Hanna Rosin, Paul Ford, NSA surveillance, Edward Snowden, npr.org, Linda Holmes, The Sopranos, Tony Soprana, Dr. Melfi

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Jun 6, 2013
The Reader's guide to the Printers Row Lit Fest

Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more: Our critics pick favorites for the annual book blowout.
- By Jena Cutie, Aimee Levitt, Kate Schmidt, Julia Thiel, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Lit Feature, American Heritage Dictionary, Jenniffer Weigel, D.T. Max, New Yorker, Manus Carlsen, Helene Grimaud, Grant Achatz, David Foster Wallace, Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, Printers Row Journal, Judy Blume, mysteries, Art Spiegelman, Ivan Brunetti, comics, graphic novels, Columbia College, Printers Row, Printers Row Lit Fest, Sharon FIffer, Gillian Royes, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Jamie Freveletti, oral history, history, books, novels, Third World Press, Haki Madhubuti, Hot Doug's, Doug Sohn, Tavi Gevinson, bloggers, blogs, fashion, Alan Sepinwall, Slate, Grantland, Salon, Paste, television, writers, authors, Phil Rosenthal, The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, HitFix, What's Alan Watching?

Blogs, Bleader Apr 16, 2013
NRA makes claim and isn't hammered for it

They say hammers are miscreants' weapon of choice.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Gun control, National Rifle Association, David Keene, guns and hammers, Denver Post, Greg Moore, Bob Smith, Slate, Brian Palmer

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2013
Hey world, meet the author of Baby Meets World—tonight

Nicholas Day, Slate blogger and author of the brand-new Baby Meets World, appears tonight at 57th Street Books.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Science, Books, Arts, Nicholas Day, Baby Meets World, cognitive ethology, Slate, 57th Street Books

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2012
Despite reservations, Richard Posner will preside at the trial of Socrates

The mark of a great mind is its ability to rationalize away misgivings lesser minds should be ashamed they don't have
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Judge Richard Posner, Slate, Socrates, National Hellenic Museum

Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2012
Video
Does Sarah Palin speak jive? and other bullshit concerns

The week in political grammar
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Grammar, Election 2012, Media, News, bullshitter, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rolling Stone, Joe Biden, binders, Big Bird, words that start with the letter B, Michelle Malkin, racists, Erik Rush, Katy Waldman, Erik Wemple, Slate, Sarah Palin, shuck and jive, Andrew Cuomo, beautiful symbols, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2012
Motorcycle season hangs on

Roll out the vintage Honda motorcycle and take advantage of a few leftover summer days
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: We're Old, Transportation, Two Wheels, vintage motorcycle, Honda, Ace Motorcycle and Scooter, Slate, Tim Wu, Small Bar, weather

Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2012
American Airlines: the worst airline in America?

Misfortune continues to befall the troubled airline, this time on a flight out of Chicago
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Broken, Transportation, News, American Airlines, Gary Shteyngart, Matthew Yglesias, Slate, New York Times

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
Posner v. Scalia

Richard Posner versus Antonin Scalia
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Judge RIchard Posner, Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Text, Bryan Garner, Heller v. District of Columbia, Arizona v. United States, Slate, Fox News, The New Republic, Ed Whalen, The National Review

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