Today in Slate: The Politics of Sovereign-Debt Ratings Downgrades; Plus, How to Drink Pisco

Today: August 8, 2011 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 Revenge of the Middle The S&P downgrade is the beginning of the end of the left-right war. And both sides will lose. By William Saletan READ FULL STORY | More Briefing Superconfusion Democrats say the supercommittee has the power to raise taxes. Republicans say it doesn't. Who's right? By David Weigel READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics The Serious Economic Blunders European Banks and American Politicians Keep Making The Guy Who's Single-Handedly Making Kids Better at Math and Science Weigel: Rick Perry Prays for Our Economy, Woos Thousands of GOP Voters at Texas Rally Five Great Magazine Stories About Siblings Advertisement Briefing Jumping the White House fence: Why is it so easy? A-Rod's poker game is illegal. Is mine, too? News & Politics Fake Facebook Birthdays, Obama's Baby Electorate and Unhealthy Antioxidants: The week's most interesting Slate stories. Medicaid Moguls, Destroying Evidence, and the Madoff of the Midwest: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica. Arts Nicholson Baker's House of Holes: How entranced is American culture by pornography? Who stole the Mona Lisa? The world's most famous art heist, 100 years on. Life Dear Prudence: My boyfriend had sex with an older woman when he was 12. Pisco recipes: How to drink the South American clear grape brandy. Business & Tech 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web: We dug up some baby pictures. (PHOTOS) Double-dip recession: Why our current economic malaise is going to be hard to shake. Science Autofellatio: The contorted history. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: a review of brain-boosting research.

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