The Slobberhouse

Austin Chronicle

The Revolution Will Be Printed in 3-D — Preview for SXSW Interactive’s panels on 3D printing making, including the hype surrounded the emerging industry … and 3D printable guns.

The New Republic

Gun-totting Carpetbaggers — Looking for Yankees who moved to Texas because of gun control

Was the New York Times’ Ethicist Unethical? — Should the Times Magazine have confirmed that the husband of General Petraeus’ lover did NOT write an anonymous letter?

VICE magazine

On the Wagon — Riding Along at the National Chuckwagon Championships, Perhaps the Most American Event of All Time

The Things I Learned From Butt Chugging — To fully understand the recent “trend” of alcohol enemas, I tried it myself

The Fix

How Cops Learn to Catch Drunk Drivers — Say the alphabet backwards. Hop on one foot. How do officers assess whether a driver is over the limit? The Fix visits the Austin Police Training Academy to find out

A DWI Offer You Can’t Refuse — In a growing number of states, a DWI stop can lead to a roadside needle in your arm—and an involuntary blood sample. The Fix rides along with the Austin PD on No Refusal night

Four More Beers – The Prohibition Party, America’s longest-running third party, is still around after 140 years. Unfortunately, their political machine is small and their candidate is a gay-baiting preacher

The Breathalyzer Guy Speaks Out – Interview with one of the many breathalyzer technicians who install and recalibrate Ignition Interlock Devices

Drying Out with Jesus – A look into evangelical Christian drug-and-alcohol rehabs

The Awl

My Sister, The Candidate: The Politics Of Small-Town Campaigning — Q&A with my sister, a candidate for city clerk in our town of West Fork, Ark.

Incident Report, Or, The Time I Broke It — Personal essay recounting a love, a loss, and the time I broke my penis whilst having sex

The Billfold

Games I’ve Played with Money — Retrospective essay on all the ways I’ve manhandled currency through the years

The Economics of a Part-Time Drug Dealer — Q&A with a local marijuana entrepreneur

Drinking While Broke, Funded By Other Broke Drunks — A meditation on being a poor drunk

Slate magazine

Emailing Santa — An ill-fated attempt to correspond with Santa via his email address; end up talking to the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy instead

No Joke – The case for taking the Donald Trump campaign seriously

The Guardian (Comment is Free opinion pieces)

Fox News: real winner of the GOP debate — The revelation of the GOP debate was none of the candidates, but a brilliant performance from the network liberals love to hate

Michelle Obama deserved a grilling on her burger choice — The mainstream media was attacked for highlighting Michelle Obama’s Shake Shack visit, but they were right

The Eternal Appeal of Conspiracy Theory — Barely had Obama ‘birtherism’ been laid to rest than the Osama ‘deather’ narrative was born. Is it part of the American psyche?

GOOD magazine

Dealbreaker: I Couldn’t Handle Her Food Issues — In the Dealbreakers series, exes report on the habit, belief, or boxer brief that ended the affair

Washington City Paper

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