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Moneybox: Your Big Car Is Killing Me



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moneybox Your Big Car Is Killing Me American cars are getting heavier and heavier. Is that dangerous? By Annie Lowrey Posted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 6:26 PM ET Like Americans themselves, American cars are getting heavier and heavier every year. Our new cars are more efficient, with average fuel economy climbing and carbon-dioxide emissions falling over the course of the past 30 years. But that is not because they are lighter. The average new car weighed 3,221 pounds in 1987 but 4,009 pounds in 2010. Even small-size sedans have packed on the pounds, thanks to more-powerful--if more-efficient--engines, as well as features like nicer seats, more safety features, and more legroom. We pay a hidden cost for our fat cars. They may be sucking up less gas, slowing the degradation of the environment and the warming of the planet. But they have other "negative externalities" that do not figure into their price tags or day-to-day costs as well--notably, more fatal traffic accidents. The heavier the car, the safer it is for the driver and the more dangerous it is for other vehicles and people on the road. You hardly need a Ph.D. in physics to know that getting in a collision with a Hummer is going to be very bad for the driver of a sedan, let alone a Smart Car, let alone a bicycle. So how much are our fat cars costing us? And does it mean our roads are less safe? To continue reading, click here. Annie Lowrey reports on economics and business for Slate. Previously, she worked as a staff writer for the Washington Independent and on the editorial staffs of Foreign Policy and The New Yorker. Her e-mail is annie.lowrey@slate.com. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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Dear Prudence: All Dogs Go to Heaven



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dear prudence All Dogs Go to Heaven Dear Prudence advises a dying husband on whether to confess his infidelity--during a live chat at Washingtonpost.com. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 3:35 PM ET Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon. I look forward to your questions. Q. Affair: About six months ago my doctor gave me two more years to live. I started using that time to make peace with my family, especially my wife, as we've had a turbulent marriage. Things have been going well so far and our marriage is probably the best it's ever been. What I am wondering now is if I should tell my wife that I've had an affair for eight years with another woman. It ended a couple of years ago and we're not even in contact anymore. But there is always a chance that my wife will find out. I don't want her besieged with unanswered questions or anger she can't express after I'm gone. I am also worried that if she were to discover the affair after my demise, she will feel as though the last good years of our marriage were a sham. But on the other hand, I don't want to spend the last year or two we have together dealing with this revelation. What is your take on all this? And yes, I know I'm a total jerk, among other things you can't publish publicly. Please spare me the judgment and give me some advice here. To continue reading, click here. Emily Yoffe is the author of What the Dog Did: Tales From a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner. You can send your Dear Prudence questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.) Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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Today's Cartoon: Moving Forward



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cartoon index Cartoons Updated Monday, April 13, 2009, at 2:48 PM ET Cartoon by Chris Britt. More cartoons on homosexuality here. To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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Today in Slate: Why John Roberts Is Probably Smiling Right Now; Plus, Your Big Car Is Killing Me

Today: June 28, 2011

Supreme Court Year in Review

Why John Roberts is probably smiling right now.

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The Gay Bar

Why the gay rights movement was born in one.

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Your Big Car Is Killing Me

American cars are getting heavier and heavier. Is that dangerous?

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The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA

Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone

Federal Regulators Are Not Paying Enough Attention to Women's Breasts

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Politics: Libyan Legal Limbo



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jurisprudence Libyan Legal Limbo Why there's nothing wrong with Obama ignoring some of his own legal advisers on Libya. By Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule Posted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 6:34 PM ET President Obama's decision to ignore the Office of Legal Counsel's advice about Libya has shocked and worried critics on the left and right. Yet the decision emerged from what was essentially a bureaucratic conflict--the State Department and the White House Counsel's Office said the U.S. military intervention in Libya was permissible under the War Powers Resolution, OLC and the Department of Defense disagreed--and the uninitiated may be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about. Isn't choosing among the views of his advisers what the president is supposed to do? The president's critics say that in important legal matters, it's the job of OLC (which is part of the Justice Department) to weigh the competing views and issue an opinion that presidents are presumptively bound to respect. These critics praise the "independence" of OLC and paint a dark picture of a presidency that enforces "political" decisions, overriding the legal merits. In fact, OLC has been far less independent than the critics claim, and even if a truly independent OLC had ever existed, it would be objectionable anyway. There is no reason that the president--the sole officer of government constitutionally required to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed"--should be bound, even presumptively, by the legal views of those who are, after all, merely his servants. To continue reading, click here. Eric Posner is a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Adrian Vermeule is a professor at Harvard Law School. They are co-authors of The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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Culturebox: My Groupon Week



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shopping My Groupon Week What I learned by living off Internet coupons for seven straight days. By Noreen Malone Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at 7:04 AM ET We live in a Golden Age of Coupons. Every morning when I open my email, I see offers from Gilt City, Daily Candy, Living Social, and Groupon scattered among news briefings and actual correspondence. I signed up for these missives because I love a good deal, but for the most part I delete them unread; I can't forget my mother's folk wisdom: You can go broke buying wholesale. I guess not everyone's mother told them that: Groupon, the best known of the Internet-discount services, was valued at $30 billion in its June IPO. Intrigued by this ludicrously large sum, I resolved to stop ignoring Groupon's emails and to see what all the fuss was about. Because I'm fitfully prone to extremes, I also decided to test the usefulness of Groupon on a micro scale. For one full week, I spent money on only Groupon deals. Groupon was, effectively, my sole currency. To continue reading, click here. Noreen Malone is a Slate contributor. Follow her on Twitter. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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moneybox Your Big Car Is Killing Me American cars are getting heavier and heavier. Is that dangerous? By Annie Lowrey Posted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 6:26 PM ET Like Americans themselves, American cars are getting heavier and heavier every year. Our new cars are more efficient, with average fuel economy climbing and carbon-dioxide emissions falling over the course of the past 30 years. But that is not because they are lighter. The average new car weighed 3,221 pounds in 1987 but 4,009 pounds in 2010. Even small-size sedans have packed on the pounds, thanks to more-powerful--if more-efficient--engines, as well as features like nicer seats, more safety features, and more legroom. We pay a hidden cost for our fat cars. They may be sucking up less gas, slowing the degradation of the environment and the warming of the planet. But they have other "negative externalities" that do not figure into their price tags or day-to-day costs as well--notably, more fatal traffic accidents. The heavier the car, the safer it is for the driver and the more dangerous it is for other vehicles and people on the road. You hardly need a Ph.D. in physics to know that getting in a collision with a Hummer is going to be very bad for the driver of a sedan, let alone a Smart Car, let alone a bicycle. So how much are our fat cars costing us? And does it mean our roads are less safe? To continue reading, click here. Annie Lowrey reports on economics and business for Slate. Previously, she worked as a staff writer for the Washington Independent and on the editorial staffs of Foreign Policy and The New Yorker. Her e-mail is annie.lowrey@slate.com. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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dear prudence All Dogs Go to Heaven Dear Prudence advises a dying husband on whether to confess his infidelity--during a live chat at Washingtonpost.com. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 3:35 PM ET Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon. I look forward to your questions. Q. Affair: About six months ago my doctor gave me two more years to live. I started using that time to make peace with my family, especially my wife, as we've had a turbulent marriage. Things have been going well so far and our marriage is probably the best it's ever been. What I am wondering now is if I should tell my wife that I've had an affair for eight years with another woman. It ended a couple of years ago and we're not even in contact anymore. But there is always a chance that my wife will find out. I don't want her besieged with unanswered questions or anger she can't express after I'm gone. I am also worried that if she were to discover the affair after my demise, she will feel as though the last good years of our marriage were a sham. But on the other hand, I don't want to spend the last year or two we have together dealing with this revelation. What is your take on all this? And yes, I know I'm a total jerk, among other things you can't publish publicly. Please spare me the judgment and give me some advice here. To continue reading, click here. Emily Yoffe is the author of What the Dog Did: Tales From a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner. You can send your Dear Prudence questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.) Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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cartoon index Cartoons Updated Monday, April 13, 2009, at 2:48 PM ET Cartoon by Chris Britt. More cartoons on homosexuality here. To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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jurisprudence Libyan Legal Limbo Why there's nothing wrong with Obama ignoring some of his own legal advisers on Libya. By Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule Posted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 6:34 PM ET President Obama's decision to ignore the Office of Legal Counsel's advice about Libya has shocked and worried critics on the left and right. Yet the decision emerged from what was essentially a bureaucratic conflict--the State Department and the White House Counsel's Office said the U.S. military intervention in Libya was permissible under the War Powers Resolution, OLC and the Department of Defense disagreed--and the uninitiated may be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about. Isn't choosing among the views of his advisers what the president is supposed to do? The president's critics say that in important legal matters, it's the job of OLC (which is part of the Justice Department) to weigh the competing views and issue an opinion that presidents are presumptively bound to respect. These critics praise the "independence" of OLC and paint a dark picture of a presidency that enforces "political" decisions, overriding the legal merits. In fact, OLC has been far less independent than the critics claim, and even if a truly independent OLC had ever existed, it would be objectionable anyway. There is no reason that the president--the sole officer of government constitutionally required to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed"--should be bound, even presumptively, by the legal views of those who are, after all, merely his servants. To continue reading, click here. Eric Posner is a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Adrian Vermeule is a professor at Harvard Law School. They are co-authors of The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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shopping My Groupon Week What I learned by living off Internet coupons for seven straight days. By Noreen Malone Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at 7:04 AM ET We live in a Golden Age of Coupons. Every morning when I open my email, I see offers from Gilt City, Daily Candy, Living Social, and Groupon scattered among news briefings and actual correspondence. I signed up for these missives because I love a good deal, but for the most part I delete them unread; I can't forget my mother's folk wisdom: You can go broke buying wholesale. I guess not everyone's mother told them that: Groupon, the best known of the Internet-discount services, was valued at $30 billion in its June IPO. Intrigued by this ludicrously large sum, I resolved to stop ignoring Groupon's emails and to see what all the fuss was about. Because I'm fitfully prone to extremes, I also decided to test the usefulness of Groupon on a micro scale. For one full week, I spent money on only Groupon deals. Groupon was, effectively, my sole currency. To continue reading, click here. Noreen Malone is a Slate contributor. Follow her on Twitter. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Russian TV Network Devoted Entirely To Making Fun of the USA Shafer: Al Gore's Feeble Article for Rolling Stone This Isn't the First Time Chris Wallace Has Called Michele Bachmann a Flake	Advertisement
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