Today in Slate: Elizabeth Taylor's Delightful Vulgarity; Plus, Amazon and Book Publishers' Stupid Attempts to Curtail E-book Lending

Today: March 23, 2011 The Bawdy and the Beautiful Elizabeth Taylor's delightful vulgarity. By Simon Doonan READ FULL STORY | More Life No Sharing Allowed Amazon and book publishers' stupid attempts to curtail e-book lending. By Farhad Manjoo READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech The Arab Powder Keg An animated map of protests in the Middle East as they spread from country to country, updated with the most recent events. By Elizabeth Weingarten  READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Bizarre Yoga-Store Murder: The Latest Proof That Most Homicides Aren't Random What Your Cellphone Will Be Like in 2016 How Much Sex Did Victorians Actually Have? Should You Bother Buying Organic Wines? Advertisement Can I Talk About My Kids Around My Friend Who Is Having Fertility Problems?   Briefing How do inspectors monitor aging nuclear reactors? Radiation protection: How safe is potassium iodide? News & Politics Christopher Hitchens Is Unwell Andrew Ferguson's Crazy U: College-admissions advice leavened with humor Arts Poems by Lola Ridge: an early, great chronicler of New York life. "Help Japan" T-shirts and posters: Can good design help the beleaguered country? Life Celtic Rangers rivalry: What happens when a soccer feud gets out of hand. Childhood obesity: The only way to end it is to keep attacking the problem on all possible fronts. Business & Tech Groupon's big discounts: how its coupon business could eventually cripple the merchants that rely on it. Is farmland the next bubble? Science Robots and the Japan nuclear crisis: Don't start a reactor you can't shut down. The Fukushima nuclear disaster: How will U.S. energy policy be affected? Podcasts & Video Rebecca Black's "Friday," Netflix's House of Cards, and the European Union's "right to be forgotten" on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast. Hang Up and Listen on the NCAA Tournament, Jim Tressel and Bruce Pearl, and Jonah Keri's The Extra 2%.

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