Today in Slate: The Death of the McMansion; Plus, Obama's Empathy Trap

Today: May 12, 2011 The Empathy Trap What happens when Obama, like all presidents, tries to show Americans that he feels their pain. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics The Death of the McMansion When the housing market returns, we'll want smaller homes built closer together. By Witold Rybczynski READ FULL STORY | More Arts Weighing In Kitchen scales are tidier, simpler, and more accurate than cups or teaspoons. By Sara Dickerman READ FULL STORY | More Life Vermont's Not-So-Secret Plan To Bring Canadian-Style Health Care Into America Neo-Nazi Plumber Murder: Can a Court Deny Child Custody to a Parent Who's a White Supremacist? There Are a Gazillion Scandinavian Mystery Writers. This Guy Is the Best. "Here's Me Crossing Abbey Road, Barefoot": The World's Most Clich d Tourist Photos Advertisement J. Lo's Amazing Comeback and How It Happened   Briefing The longest 40 minutes: Why did time slow down for Obama during the Bin Laden raid? Is Mel Gibson's puppet from The Beaver a real form of therapy? News & Politics Jim Lehrer steps down from NewsHour: how the endlessly civil anchor became PBS' answer to Walter Cronkite. Gingrich 2012 campaign: What his Amazon reviews say about his politics. Arts Tyler, the Creator's cynical shtick. Bob Marley's death anniversary: rescuing his legend from dopey fans. Life Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? Eurovision 2011: Proof that Europeans are just as tacky as Americans. Science D.R. Tucker's "Confessions": How do climate skeptics change their minds? Was the Bin Laden raid a manhunt or an intelligence grab? Podcasts & Video Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Wesley Yang's New York cover story "Paper Tigers," and the Beastie Boys' new album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast. Bin Laden dead: "Smashing Crayons" ponders how he might haunt the world in his afterlife.

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