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Does Having Two Kids Ruin Your Life? A Father of Two Weighs In. Does Having Two Kids Ruin Your Life? I'm a Father of Two. Shut Up. document.getElementById('cmv1cydzd00253b7h7uwt6de5@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 2)].hidden = false - Does Having Two Kids Ruin Your Life? I'm a Father of Two. Shut Up. Greg Lavallee

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The Filmmaker Behind One of the Best Movies of the Century Is Back With Another Harrowing, Provocative Thriller -- Dana Stevens

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Aaron Sorkin Is Back With Another Facebook Movie. I Did Not "Like" It. Sam Adams

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A House Candidate Says She Was Raped While Campaigning. It's a Horrific Account—and an Urgent One. Jill Filipovic

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An 11-Hour Masterpiece Is Finally Complete. It's Riveting From Start to Finish. -- Sam Adams

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, I Am Honestly in Awe -- Heather Schwedel

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The Latest Example of Trumpworld's Corruption Is Pretty Funny. It's Also Really Bad.

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The Next Installment of a Hit Series Is Finally Here. Fans May Have Mixed Feelings. -- Nadira Goffe

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It Was a Provocative Bestseller, a Miniseries, and a Hit Movie. Now, After 23 Years, It Finally Has a Sequel. -- Rebecca Onion

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If the Russia Incident Is the Plague ... Well, That's Better Than the Alternative! -- Anna Gibbs

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Florida Is About to Kill My Friend. I Hope the Executioners Read This First. -- Chance Meyer

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My Ex-Girlfriend Had a Particular Way of Ruining My Nights Out With Friends. I Should've Seen It Coming. -- Unhinged

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My Wife Has a Plan for Her Life After Having Our First Baby. People Seem to Think It Makes Her an "Unfit Mother." -- Dear Prudence

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Tech Bros Have Found a New Creepy Way to Profit Off Your Health Anxiety -- Steffi Cao

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It's the Most Evil Innovation in America. Everyone Hates It. These People Are Certain They Can Change Your Mind. -- Christina Cauterucci

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Jamilah Lemieux -- My Wife Can't Wrap Her Head Around the Fact That She Gave Birth to a Ginger. Our Daughter Is Starting to Notice.

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No One Seems to Understand Why I Left My World-Famous, Prestigious Job. I Had No Choice. Apparently, I'm a "traitor." Laura Helmuth

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You Are About to Personally Fund Kash Patel's Wedding to a 27-Year-Old Would-Be Country Singer - Heather Schwedel - Another MAGA marriage for the books.

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Slate SoundBites for October 9, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 9, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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Slate Crossword: Neighborhoods With Seoul Food? (Six Letters) -- Nancy Serrano-Wu

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true - Christa Pike's Botched Execution Was Even More Gruesome Than We've Been Led to Believe - Dahlia Lithwick - Last week, six members of the United States Supreme Court blessed a cruel and unusual horror show at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

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Think You're Smarter Than a Slate Senior Writer? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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Republicans Have the Cash, but Democrats Have the Atmosphere -- Political Gabfest

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