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Box Office Report: 'John Carter' Stumbles, 'Lorax' Likely to Win Weekend Crown
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Politics: The Numbers Don?t Lie
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| Politics The Numbers Don't Lie If you aren't sure Citizens United gave rise to the super PACs, just follow the money. Posted Friday, Mar 09, 2012, at 07:56 PM ET  Most of what you hear about Citizens United v. FEC is negative. By opening the door for corporations to spend unlimited sums in elections and to allow for the creation of super PACs, the Supreme Court has made a campaign finance system that was already flooded with money much worse. But Citizens United obviously has its defenders, and they have advanced a number of arguments to try to blunt criticism of the Supreme Court's controversial decision: The public actually learns from the flood of negative advertising coming from these super PACs; super PACS increase competition; The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision didn't create super PACs, so stop blaming the court for the flood of dollars and the negative campaign ads they buy. This last argument has recently gained a lot of traction, and has been made by First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, his son the legal commentator Dan Abrams (who accused the media of "shameful, inexcusable conduct" in describing the Citizens United-super PAC connection), columnist George Will, and the Atlantic's Wendy Kaminer. The argument goes like this: The Supreme Court back in 1976 held that individuals had a constitutional right to spend unlimited sums on elections. And before Citizens United, rich individuals like George Soros gave large sums of money to so-called "527 organizations" (named after an obscure section of the tax code) with innocuous names like "Americans Coming Together." These 527 organizations were just like super PACs, so there's nothing new here. This ... 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 How Radical Was That Law Professor Obama Hugged? Game Change: Julianne Moore Is So Good, She Can Make Even a Liberal Feel Sorry for Sarah Palin Hate Groups Are Thriving. KKK Membership Is Dwindling. Why? | Advertisement   |
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Arts: Filming the Greatest Sushi Chef in the World
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| Brow Beat Filming the Greatest Sushi Chef in the World: A Conversation With David Gelb Posted Friday, Mar 09, 2012, at 11:09 PM ET  At Sukiyabashi Jiro, a meal can run you $363 (or 30,000 yen)—and that's not to mention the airfare to Tokyo for those of us who don't live in Japan. So the restaurant may seem a rather precious subject for a documentary—especially when you learn that the film's director, David Gelb, has little background in either sushi or filmmaking: He's a 28-year-old American who doesn't speak Japanese, and Jiro Dreams of Sushi is his first feature film. And yet Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which opens in limited release tonight, is a well-crafted, tantalizing delight. (I'm not the only one who thinks so: The film currently has a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.) Yes, there are many gorgeous shots of chef Jiro Ono's creations, but this is not a glorified Food Network special: Gelb also weaves in a poignant story about the complicated relationships between fathers and sons. Ono, 85, is widely regarded as the greatest sushi chef in the world, and he has trained his two sons, Yoshikazu and Takashi, to follow in his footsteps. Their efforts to earn his approval give the film a surprising emotional force. Slate spoke to Gelb by phone earlier this week about the Ono family, the filming process, and the lifespan of a piece of sushi. Slate: How did you first become interested in Jiro? David Gelb: I owe a lot to my parents for taking me to Japan when I was little. That kind ... 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 How Radical Was That Law Professor Obama Hugged? Game Change: Julianne Moore Is So Good, She Can Make Even a Liberal Feel Sorry for Sarah Palin Hate Groups Are Thriving. KKK Membership Is Dwindling. Why? | Advertisement |
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Moneybox: Can You Buy Drugs With Target Gift Cards?
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| Moneybox Can You Buy Drugs With Target Gift Cards? How the illicit economy would work in a world without cash. Posted Friday, Mar 09, 2012, at 08:31 PM ET  As we transition toward a cashless society, no doubt the last cash holdouts will be those who work in illicit markets. Drug dealers want the lettuce. Prostitutes don't take credit cards. Or ... do they? I've actually bought drugs without cash once before: I purchased psychedelic mushrooms in Amsterdam as part of a travel story for Slate. (Resulting in the trippiest expense report ever filed.) So, I could theoretically use my AmEx to buy another plane ticket to the Netherlands, and then some 'shrooms, and voila, cashless mission accomplished. But I don't think that counts. Those drugs are for sale in the open, in a shop (at least I think they still are—I haven't checked in on Dutch drug laws lately). Buying drugs in the United States is different. A strictly under-the-table affair. So, let's imagine there's a fictional character named Smeth. Smeth knows a guy. Like, knows a guy. Last week, Smeth went to this guy's Brooklyn apartment and asked to buy a gram of weed. Then Smeth asked if he could pay for the weed using a $20 Target gift card. The guy scratched his chin. He acknowledged that he does live very near a Target, and then allowed that he in fact could use some new household wares. Smeth had a deal! 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 How Radical Was That Law Professor Obama Hugged? Game Change: Julianne Moore Is So Good, She Can Make Even a Liberal Feel Sorry for Sarah Palin Hate Groups Are Thriving. KKK Membership Is Dwindling. Why? | Advertisement |
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Sports Nut: Integrate the Record Books
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| Sports Nut Integrate the Record Books Black high-school athletes from the Jim Crow era have been denied their place in history. It's time to change that. Posted Thursday, Mar 08, 2012, at 08:52 PM ET  For a state of 3 million people, Arkansas has produced more than its share of basketball heroes. Sidney Moncrief, Scottie Pippen, Derek Fisher, and Joe Johnson have accrued 18 All-Star appearances and 11 NBA titles. As high-schoolers, however, none of them stacked up to Eddie Miles and Jackie Ridgle. In the 1950s, Miles led North Little Rock's all-black Scipio Jones High School to four straight state titles. "We called him 'rocking chair' because he would absolutely rock you," one of his opponents told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 2002. "He could drop 50 on you whenever he wanted." Ridgle, who was reputed to have a 40-inch vertical leap, regularly scored in the 30-point range in leading Altheimer's Martin High School to its first all-black-schools state championship in 1966. But when you look at Arkansas' official list of all-time leading high-school scorers, you won't see Miles and Ridgle. It's not just Arkansas that omits the feats of black high-schoolers who played in segregated schools. In 1956, forward Hubert "Geese" Ausbie of Crescent, Okla., scored 186 points over three consecutive tournament games for all-black Douglas High School. Ausbie, who went on to play the role of the "Clown Prince of Basketball" for the Harlem Globetrotters, recalls averaging from 30 to 40 points a game as a high-schooler. Ausbie's name, though, isn't on Oklahoma's all-time scoring list. (He tells me he should be near the top, in the neighborhood of supposed all-time leader Rotnei Clarke.) And Ausbie ... 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 How Radical Was That Law Professor Obama Hugged? Game Change: Julianne Moore Is So Good, She Can Make Even a Liberal Feel Sorry for Sarah Palin Hate Groups Are Thriving. KKK Membership Is Dwindling. Why? | Advertisement |
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