Today in Slate: The Mitt Show; Plus, Is the Congressional Gym Awesome or Grody?

Today: June 14, 2011 Going Sane The Republican presidential field is much less wacky than expected. By Jacob Weisberg READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics The Mitt Show Romney's strong performance is helped by his opponents' reluctance to attack him. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Too Gay To Judge? The preposterous, appalling effort to disqualify Vaughn Walker from judging the California gay marriage case because he is gay. By Dahlia Lithwick READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics You'll Never Believe How Much It Costs To Rent an Economist for an Hour Is the Congressional Gym Awesome or Grody? My Catastrophic Basketball Game Against Dirk Nowitzki Hitchens: Patrick Leigh Fermor, the Last of the Scholar Warriors Advertisement Help! My Husband Snaps Photos of Women on the Street With His Phone.   Briefing Why do schoolchildren get a three-month summer vacation? How do they figure the heat index? News & Politics NBC News and the Meagan Broussard interview: Remind me, what's wrong with paying news sources? New Hampshire Republicans try valiantly to pick a favorite candidate for president. Arts "Weapon Salve" The Presidential Recordings: What was LBJ saying during the summer of the Civil Rights Act signing? Life Stalker friend, friends getting romantic, moving-day dilemmas—Friend or Foe advises readers at Slate.com. Anthony Weiner: What does the pretty boy congressman's lack of chest hair signify about the current ideal of male beauty? Business & Tech Self-quantifiers: Meet the Silicon Valley types who treat their bodies like computers. Senate "swipe fee" reform: Why the big banks' defeat will help small businesses, but might not benefit consumers. Science Is it more earth-friendly see movies in a theater or on DVD? Organ donations in China: Will official financial incentives starve the black market? Podcasts & Video Digital Manners: Declaring you're "In a Relationship"? It's complicated. Hang Up and Listen on Mavericks-Heat, the Stanley Cup Finals, and Bill Simmons' Grantland.

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