Today in Slate: Why Rep. Weiner's Stupid, Sexless Sex Scandal Still Matters; Plus, What I Learned While Freelancing at Cosmopolitan

Today: June 7, 2011 Meetless Weiner If Anthony Weiner never met his online girlfriends in the flesh, does that mean he didn't cheat? By William Saletan READ FULL STORY | More Science Welcome to the Internet, Steve Does the release of iCloud mean Apple finally gets the Web? By Farhad Manjoo READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Orgasm Guaranteed What I learned while freelancing at Cosmopolitan. By Katherine Goldstein READ FULL STORY | More Arts Ignore the Hysteria Over German E. coli Poll: Which Scandal-Plagued Politician Would You Least Want To Be Married To? Why Rep. Weiner's Stupid, Sexless Sex Scandal Still Matters Help! The Kids of the Woman I Bullied Are Now Bullying My Kids. Advertisement Briefing Can your neighbor force you to pay for his fence? Slate and Intelligence Squared U.S.: Announcing our new partnership with the renowned, New York-based, live-debate series. News & Politics Syrian opposition: united, peaceful, and not Islamist. Libya war: Stalemate looks bad, but a long conflict works against Col. Qaddafi. Arts Ken Burns' Civil War: How the documentary changed the way we think about the war. "The Enigma of the Infinitesimal" Life The long-term unemployed: How do they finally find new jobs? National Spelling Bee winner Sukanya Roy: How have Indian-Americans won nine out of the last 13 competitions? Business & Tech DSK scandal at the IMF: How to choose the organization's next leader. U.S. economy: Bad, but no worse than expected. Science Jack Kevorkian was right: Assisted suicide should be legal. But is it moral? Do pickles cause cancer? Podcasts & Video Digital Manners: Can I ignore a tweet with my name on it? Hang Up and Listen on Heat-Mavericks, Nadal-Federer, and Buster Posey.

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Today's Cartoon: A Sudden, Conspicuous Silence

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cartoon index Cartoons Updated Monday, April 13, 2009, at 2:48 PM ET Cartoon by Stuart Carlson. More cartoons on unemployment here. 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 Rep. Weiner Reportedly Coached Porn Star To Lie Ignore the Hysteria Over German E. coli Poll: Which Scandal-Plagued Politician Would You Least Want To Be Married To?	Advertisement
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Culturebox: Thanks a Lot, Ken Burns

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culturebox Thanks a Lot, Ken Burns Because of you, my Civil War lecture is always packed--with students raised on your sentimental, romantic, deeply misleading portrait of the conflict. By James M. Lundberg Posted Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 7:03 AM ET Whenever I teach a course on the American Civil War I see a spike in the number of students eager to spend three hours a week with me. This would be flattering if it had anything to do with my particular talents as a teacher. But as I hear the pleas of wait-listed supplicants begging for spots in my class, I am reminded that I owe my popularity to the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and his legendary series The Civil War. I listen to students tell me how much they love the film with a certain measure of dread. I know from experience that notions about the war's transcendent meaning forged in the sentimental fires of the film make it harder to talk about the conflict in all of its complexity. And I know that no matter how much I work on my Shelby Foote impression, I can never possibly live up to the real thing. To continue reading, click here. James M. Lundberg is assistant professor of History at Sacred Heart University. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Rep. Weiner Reportedly Coached Porn Star To Lie Ignore the Hysteria Over German E. coli Poll: Which Scandal-Plagued Politician Would You Least Want To Be Married To?	Advertisement
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Horrible News For The Economy In A New Poll

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		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Travel Politics Latest Video Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Horrible News For The Economy In A New Poll A new poll shows that Barack Obama's approval rating is falling, and that he couldn't beat Mitt Romney in a head-to-head match up. It also has bad news for the economy. The number of respondents who think things in the US are now on the "wrong track" is shooting up. This can't be good for things like spending, or other economic factors dependent on a robust consumer. Read » Also On Clusterstock Today: Hey Day For Young Wall Street Analysts: 23 Year Olds Now Getting Paid $220,000 - $300,000 To Join Private Equity Firms Short-Seller Carson Block Doesn't Give Out His Address Because Of Death Threats Meet Gina DiMento, SAC's New Compliance Guru Kyle Bass: The Japanese Collapse Will Be "The Most Obvious Scenario We've Ever Seen In Our Lives" Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Why Gold Doesn't Look Like A Bubble At All CHART OF THE DAY: The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever Looks HORRIBLE CHART OF THE DAY: Is Economic Pessimism Already Worse Than The Worst Of Last Summer? Share this: Buzz Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Clusterstock RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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