Today in Slate: December 21, 2010

Dear Prudence LINKS TO ACTUAL PAGE CONTAINING WEB SLICE FUNCTIONALITY. Most Read Articles LINKS TO ACTUAL PAGE CONTAINING WEB SLICE FUNCTIONALITY. The Slatest Noon Edition - Slate Magazine Red States Gain in Census Report START Gains Momentum in Senate Judges Owned Stock in Health Companies U.S. Plans Incursions Into Pakistan Can the 14,000 Gay Soldiers Kicked Out Under DADT Re-enlist Now? There's a Much Better Way To Measure Inflation Than the Consumer Price Index Hitchens: Are We Committed to Afghanistan or to Hamid Karzai? How Barry Hannah Changed the American Short Story Forever
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jurisprudence The Worst Kind of Ham Sandwich The vindictive grand jury investigation of pain-relief advocate Siobhan Reynolds. Radley Balko Dec.21, 2010, 4:00 PM ET explainer What Happens to the Money in Your Flex Spending Account if You Don't Spend It? Ask your boss. Brian Palmer Dec.21, 2010, 3:43 PM ET The Slatest The Slatest: Afternoon Edition China bans "Chinglish" from national media; Census shows big gains in red states; terrorists planned to attack salad bars; "austerity" is 2010's most looked-up word. Dec.21, 2010, 12:26 PM ET technology The Year in Gadgets Where were the revolutionary technologies in 2010? Farhad Manjoo Dec.21, 2010, 11:16 AM ET explainer Why Isn't December Colder? It's the darkest month of the year, but the weather's not so bad. Sophie Gilbert Dec.21, 2010, 10:47 AM ET the green lantern Pass on Grass Is grass-fed beef better for the environment? Brian Palmer Dec.21, 2010, 10:44 AM ET culturebox Philosophical Sweep To understand the fiction of David Foster Wallace, it helps to have a little Wittgenstein. James Ryerson Dec.21, 2010, 10:42 AM ET doublex The Visit That Never Ends Readers tell Great Recession stories of moving back home. Emily Yoffe Dec.21, 2010, 7:04 AM ET poem "Dublin Night" A weekly poem, read by the author. Alfred Corn Dec.21, 2010, 7:02 AM ET	Advertisement
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