The Slatest for Dec. 21: The Supreme Court Can’t Be Trusted to Handle the Trump Cases Slate Staff
Stories about an Ohio fetal personhood case, the Iceland volcano eruption, Barbenheimer revisited, and more.
There’s Only One Score Holiday Orchestras Look Forward to Playing Anymore, and You Bet Your Butt It’s Not The Nutcracker Heather Schwedel
A pretty unexpected ascension for a film where characters call each other “puke breath” and “phlegm wad.” <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/275b8785-9728-4849-9807-62ef26f68032.jpeg?crop=1558,1039,x1,y0" title="There’s Only One Score Holiday Orchestras Look Forward to Playing Anymore,…
Every Year, My Aunt and I Compete to See Who Can Give the Worst Gift. Just When I Thought I Had Her, Something Unexpected Happened. Isabelle Kohn
Her gift always arrived early, to sit beneath the tree, menacing us all.
I’m Worried My “Negotiations” With My Kid Have Gone a Little Too Far Nicole Chung
Parenting advice on bribes, too many gifts, and only kids.
I Want to Bring Friends Into My Sex Life… Without Looking Like a Creep Rich Juzwiak
I’m analyzing their hints like a teenager.
College Conversations About the War Have Been a Disaster. But Not Everywhere. Daniel Torday
Campus free speech and Israel/Palestine: How reading Minor Detail helped my class through.
I Rewatched Oppenheimer and Realized It’s Far More Terrifying Than I Thought Bilge Ebiri
The chain reactions at the heart of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/5cdfa22c-05bd-42cb-a01e-38544c34549a.jpeg?crop=1560,1040,x0,y0" title="I Rewatched Oppenheimer and Realized It’s Far More Terrifying Than I Thought” />