Slate

New Verb, Politicos: ‘Trumping’

Alibi Pierce — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:42:57 +0000

Posturing, straight-talking, pandering, stooping: We use a lot of action words to describe the foibles of politicians on the campaign trail, and today David Plotz, CEO of Atlas Obscura and host of the always-insightful Slate ...

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I Can’t Hear The TV

Alibi Pierce — Fri, 02 May 2014 01:29:59 +0000

Today I spent a lot of time listening to podcasts. I had work obligations that required a two hour (round-trip) commute, along with more travel within the city I had to travel to. I burned ...

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The Evangelical Abortion Evolution

Alibi Pierce — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:39:45 +0000

In a really interesting piece last week, Slate’s Jamelle Bouie wrote about the evangelical community’s evolution (some might say regression) on the abortion issue. Like most folks these days, I’ve always just accepted as reality ...

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The 1% Conspiracy

Alibi Pierce — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 05:07:18 +0000

I’m prone to believing in conspiracies. It’s not something I talk about often–much less admit to in every day conversation–but I can’t deny that it’s true. It probably has something to do with my evangelical ...

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Altered Slate: Inside Colorado’s Marijuana Economy

Alibi Pierce — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:08:19 +0000

The contrarian minds at Slate have launched a series by University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin and Colorado writer Joel Warner that focuses on the technical side of launching an industry never before seen ...

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True Detective

Alibi Pierce — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:48:43 +0000

Late last night, Slate’s television critic, Willa Paskin, published a review of HBO’s True Detective that confirms exactly what we’ve known all along: The show is going to be AWESOME. HBO seems to have lost ...

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