Betty White Runs a Sweatshop

It's true.

I think it's pretty clear that the Golden Girls made a Tontine pact that whoever outlived the others would become the hippest of them all. As the oldest of the pack, Betty White must have been the long-shot - but look at her now!

The History of a Dot

If I asked you to put together a thirteen-part slideshow and extended essay on the history of the polka dot, do you think you could do it? No, neither could I. But someone at Slate has. (Not very well, though, it must be said.)