Science, technology, and life.

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• A Distinction Without Deference Judicial activism is OK for embryos but not for gays.
  William Saletan Aug. 27, 2010
  
• Dickey Waiver A crazy judge throws out Obama's stem-cell policy—and Bush's.
  William Saletan Aug. 25, 2010
  
• Sick Duck Did Tigger and Donald Duck grope women at Disney World?
  William Saletan Aug. 12, 2010
  
• A Well Half-Empty The BP leak has been plugged. Let the complaints begin.
  William Saletan July 20, 2010
  
• Lose the Race Can a black-white performance gap be hereditary but not racial?
  William Saletan July 13, 2010
  
• Extreme Insertions Sex, food, and shame.
  William Saletan July 12, 2010
  
• Deep Throat The depravity of Major League Eating.
  William Saletan July 8, 2010
  
• When Kagan Played Doctor Elena Kagan's partial-birth abortion scandal.
  William Saletan July 3, 2010
  
• Inferior Blood If it's OK to reject blood from gay men, what about blacks?
  William Saletan June 21, 2010
  
• 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea The insanity of deepwater oil wells.
  William Saletan June 9, 2010
  
• Luck Tape Surveillance cameras and the Times Square bombing.
  William Saletan May 4, 2010
  
• Public Sext The idiocy of text-message adultery.
  William Saletan April 7, 2010
  
• The Egg Market What determines the price of a woman's eggs? SAT scores.
  William Saletan March 29, 2010
  
• Game Over A baby starves to death while its parents play online.
  William Saletan March 10, 2010
  
• Black Death The selective crusade against black women's abortions.
  William Saletan March 8, 2010
  
• Fat vs. Tall: Plane Common Sense Readers solve the problem of oversize air travelers.
  William Saletan March 2, 2010
  
• Fat vs. Tall: The Wisdom of Crowded Planes Readers debate the problem of oversize air travelers.
  William Saletan March 1, 2010
  
• Someone To Watch Over Me The powers of God in the weapons of men.
  William Saletan Feb. 22, 2010
  
• Fat vs. Tall Should fat people on airplanes be treated like tall people?
  William Saletan Feb. 18, 2010
  
• Trans Figure Should sex-change surgery be tax-deductible?
  William Saletan Feb. 16, 2010
  
• Focus on Your Family The pro-life case for pregnancy termination.
  William Saletan Feb. 11, 2010
  
• The iBrain The mobile communication device in your head.
  William Saletan Feb. 9, 2010
  
• The Invisible Dead The grisly truth about the Super Bowl abortion ad.
  William Saletan Feb. 1, 2010
  
• Apple vs. Obama Which is more important: politics or technology?
  William Saletan Jan. 27, 2010
  
• How To Fix Airport Security The results of Slate's reader contest.
  Jenny Rogers Jan. 14, 2010
  
• Traitor, Bomber, Soldier, Spy Stop crying "terrorism" every time we're attacked.
  William Saletan Jan. 12, 2010
  
• Fix Airport Security A Slate contest.
  Jan. 5, 2010
  
• Bleed the Machines The Taliban just killed the humans who guide our drones.
  William Saletan Jan. 4, 2010