July 2, 2006
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT WE ARE ALL THE SAME:
Slate's Most-Read Stories: The 10 most popular articles of the year. (28 Dec 2005, Slate)
During 2005, Slate covered the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and the future of the Supreme Court, but our most popular stories were, for the most part, about dogs, beer, celebrities, and naked ladies. Below you'll find a list of the 10 pieces that attracted the most readers this year.
The political affiliation of most Democrats is merely a signifier of social status to others and proof of superior intellect for themselves. In the end, they care about the exact same things all decent Americans do: Dogs, booze and depending on their sex, either celebrities or naked ladies.
Posted by Pepys at July 2, 2006 8:46 PMThis may be why my liberal friends insist Slate is not liberal. After all, aren't dogs, beer, and naked ladies as conservative as humor?
Posted by: pj at July 2, 2006 10:28 PMThe political affiliation of most Democrats is merely a signifier of social status to others and proof of superior intellect for themselves. In the end, they care about the exact same things all decent Americans do: Dogs, booze and depending on their sex, either celebrities or naked ladies.
A story about Teddy Kennedy would pretty much cover the gammut of all those items and still get Slate's readers the Democratic Party liberal politics they crave.
Posted by: John at July 3, 2006 12:04 AM