Today in Slate: What Makes Slang Stick? Plus, Why Obama Gets So Much Love on the Internet

Today: August 19, 2011 All the President's Memes Why Obama gets so much love on the Internet. By Michael Agger READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech A Solution From Hell The perils of humanitarian intervention. READ FULL STORY | More Arts That's So Mysto What makes slang stick? By Juliet Lapidos READ FULL STORY | More Life Hitchens: It's OK, Britons Have Been Violent and Cruel for Generations Shafer: Will the Wall Street Journal Investigate Les Hinton's Role in the Phone-Hacking Scandal? Senna: A Documentary About Formula One Racing That's as Emotionally Rich as a Shakespeare Play "Mitt Romney Hair," "Ron Paul Blimp," and Other Popular Searches for the GOP Contenders Advertisement Nifty New Apps That Will Revolutionize the Way You Take Notes Stop Trying To Pick Up Guys With Pheromones. It's Not Going To Happen. Briefing Perry campaign: What happens back home when the governor goes on the trail? Muammar Qaddafi is using Scud missiles. Why do so many dictators do the same? News & Politics Rick Perry campaign: When it comes to policy, he is both confident and tentative. Leaving Behind "No Child Left Behind": Michele Bachmann and the changing Republican education agenda. Arts The Back to the Future mystery: Do we really know why Doc and Marty McFly were friends? How the Chinese edition of my book about the periodic table got such a risqué cover. Life Estate sales: Intriguing and bizarre items on display. (PHOTOS) Dear Prudence: My in-laws want to know all about my wretched childhood. Business & Tech Downgrade for U.S., but no downgrade for France U.S. Postal Service: Will it survive? Science Do birth control pills make women gain weight? Bird homes: a look at some of the most incredible nests in the world.

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