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Today: August 9, 2011 We Were Right All Along In Iowa, Michele Bachmann is unrepentant about her vote against raising the debt ceiling. By David Weigel READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics S&P Is Right. It's Congress' Fault. The politics of sovereign-debt ratings downgrades. By Annie Lowrey READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University The man who is trying to remake the American public university. By William Saletan READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech How Does "Social Exclusion" Explain the Rioting and Looting in London? August: Let's Get Rid of It Lithwick: A Court Rules That Rumsfeld Can Be Sued for Torture Help! My Boyfriend Lost His Virginity To a 30-Year-Old Woman ... When He Was 12. Advertisement Briefing Is it important for a golfer to have a great caddie? Jumping the White House fence: Why is it so easy? News & Politics The Top Right in Government: Slate selects five American leaders who are both wildly inventive and incredibly practical. Janette Sadik-Khan, New York's transportation commissioner, cuts through the gridlock to build a greener city. Arts "Scrub Jays" Nicholson Baker's House of Holes: How entranced is American culture by pornography? Life Friend or Foe: My ex-sorority sister acts like a drunken toddler. Why we should shorten the month of August. Business & Tech Double-dip recession: European banks and American politicians are both making big mistakes. 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web: We dug up some baby pictures. (PHOTOS) Science How soon does a bike pay back its initial carbon footprint?  Autofellatio: The contorted history.

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