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Donald Trump Has Committed Too Many High Crimes to Count. But Should Democrats Really Impeach Again? Frank Bowman

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I Gazed Into the Abyss of Roku's New Slop Channel and Regret Everything -- Nitish Pahwa

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Tech Oligarchs Have a Certain Future in Mind. It Completely Misunderstands How the World Works. -- Laura Miller

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An Extremist Won This Week in Wisconsin. It's Probably Not the One You've Read About. -- Jim Newell

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Dear (Juris)Prudence: Who Cooks Up the Supreme Court's BS Originalist Ideas, Anyway? -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Amazon's Show of the Summer Will Stand the Test of Time -- Rebecca Onion

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HBO's Great New Sunday Night Show Is the Spiritual Successor to Watchmen -- Sam Adams

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Restaurants Think They're Making This Classic Dish More "Accessible." I'm Not Sure That's Such a Good Thing. -- Maggie Hennessy

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Slate Crossword: Suit Material That's Inappropriate for an Interview (Five Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Her Previous Album Has Become One of the Defining Records of the Decade. Her New One Is Something Else Altogether. -- Carl Wilson

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Starbucks and McDonald's Keep Pushing These Drinks. I Have a Distressing Theory Why. -- Steffi Cao

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Everyone Calls Me a F-Boy. I Deserve It. But I Refuse to Stop Breaking People's Hearts. -- as told to isabelle kohn

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My Boyfriend Suffers From a Common Male Problem in Bed. I Don't Think He Has Any Idea. -- how to do it

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I Came Home to Find a Very Unfamiliar Piece of Furniture. Then I Learned Exactly What My Husband Had Agreed To. -- dear prudence

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true - care and feeding - Other Parents Keep Giving Me the Stink Eye. This Really Isn't Fair.

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how to do it -- I'm a Sex Worker. I Had a Client So Good in Bed That I Want to Do Something Unprofessional.

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dear prudence -- I've Opened Up Our Home to Kids in Need. My Husband Has Some Pretty Unfair Objections.

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pay dirt -- I Have a Wife, Kids, and a Good Life. No One Knows My Deepest Fantasy.

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Emily Yoffe -- Help! I Stepped Up for My Pregnant Friend After Her Boyfriend Left Her. Now I Have to Share Some Bad News.

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Rich Juzwiak -- Getting Laid Is So Easy After My Divorce. But Now There's a New Problem.

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Arionne Nettles -- My Kid Loves Dogs and Has No Filter. She Doesn't Deserve Her Grandfather's Cruel Response.

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Ilyce Glink -- I'm Fearful for the Future and Want to Do Something Specific With Our Cash. My Husband Has Other Plans.

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Laura Helmuth -- My Co-Workers Are Starting to Side-Eye Me for What I Do All Day at Work. If Only They Knew Why.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Grandmother Opened Accounts in My Name. One Person Is Keeping Me From Accessing Them.

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Arionne Nettles -- My In-Laws Want to Visit After the Baby Is Born. Their Night "Routine" Fills Me With Dread.

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It's the Buzziest Book of the Year. Anne Hathaway Is Making It Into a Movie. It Has the Worst Kind of Twist Ending. -- Rebecca Onion -- I basically enjoyed Yesteryear—until that final surprise messed up everything.

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Does Hating Influencers Really Mean Hating Women? -- ICYMI

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The Hottest Girl in the Country Is Making Millions Off Us. To Find Out Why, I Did the Unthinkable. -- Scaachi Koul -- There's a common mistake we make in trying to figure her out.

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true - J.D. Vance Is Learning an Important Foreign Policy Lesson the Hard Way - Fred Kaplan - This must have been an embarrassing moment for the vice president.

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true - It's Obvious Now Why "Woke 1" Failed. I Have an Idea for How Progressives Can Be Less Annoying Next Time. Luke Winkie

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They Stood Their Ground. Was It Murder? -- What Next

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The Ottolenghi Conspiracy: A Dinner Party Riff -- David Plotz

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A Pugilist Is Someone Engaged in Which Activity? Ray Hamel

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