Today In Slate: January 13, 2011

Today: January 13, 2011 Beautiful Noise How Obama used his speech in Tucson to elevate the political debate. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Why Do Boys Like Sticks? An answer to the Explainer's 2010 Question of the Year. By Daniel Engber READ FULL STORY | More Briefing Streetcars vs. Monorails The future of urban transportation looks a lot like the past. By Tom Vanderbilt READ FULL STORY | More Life Lithwick: When the Justices Try To Think Like Criminals, They Are Hilariously Naive Why the Giffords Shooting Will Not Lead To a Single New Federal Law Alarming News About the Coming Chinese Eco-Disaster Shafer: Uh-Oh. The Media Are Running Out of Things To Say About the Giffords Shooting. Advertisement Briefing Why boys like sticks: the Explainer's 2010 question of the year.  Jared Lee Lougher is still being called the "alleged gunman" in Arizona. Why? News & Politics Obama's Tucson memorial speech: How it elevated the political debate. Sarah Palin's response to the Tucson shooting is defensive, illogical, distracting—and late. Arts Enrique Norten and architecture in the Great Recession—it's for the better. Ted Williams, Kate Gosselin, Susan Boyle: Why overnight celebrities get in so much trouble. Life My boyfriend demands a sex act that I don't like. Streetcars vs. monorails: The fight for the future of urban transportation. Business & Tech Republicans are right: Obamacare's high-risk pools were a dumb idea. But it was their dumb idea. How the company that made Jared Lee Loughner's gun became so successful. Science Gabrielle Giffords and the perils of guns: How an armed hero nearly shot the wrong man. Desalination: How eco-friendly is it? Podcasts & Video Jared Loughner's parents, Claire Dederer's Poser, and Caitlin Flanagan's "Hazards of Duke" on this week's DoubleX Gabfest podcast. Downton Abbey, the censored Huckleberry Finn, and Ted Williams of the "Golden Voice" on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.

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