The resurrection of Netflix, the stupidity of terrorists, and more

U.S. 4 lessons from the Boston Marathon bombings By Joe Gandelman In some ways, the U.S. government and the mainstream media did a great job — but they must do better Business How Netflix came back from the dead and beat HBO By Carmel Lobello In 2011, Netflix was a punchline. In 2013, it's revolutionizing an industry the cloakroom Fortunately, most terrorists do stupid things that lead to their capture By Taegan goddard It's baffling how little the Tsarnaev brothers did to avoid being caught. U.S. Why the TSA is no longer going to let knives on airplanes By Peter weber The Transportation Security Administration says it is temporarily postponing its controversial rule change, but isn't saying for how long. world The Toronto terror plot and Iran's complicated relationship with al Qaeda By keith wagstaff Did support for the two allegedly al Qaeda-trained bombing suspects come from Iran? History suggests it's rather unlikely — but hardly impossible. U.S. WATCH: Jon Stewart slams CNN's Boston bombing coverage By Peter Weber The Daily Show host puts on his media criticism hat to excoriate CNN and other news organizations. From our partners at Slate Does boozing help or hinder artistic endeavor? By Mason Currey Many of history's great artists were also serious boozers. FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE Sen. Max Baucus to retire By Taegan Goddard Yet another red-state Democrat opts out of a 2014 re-election bid. SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Google Glass and the demise of ownership POLITICAL WIRE Immigration reform could remake electoral map NEWSER Nevada senator comes out during gay marriage vote SALON How Boston exposes America's dark post-9/11 bargain NEW YORK MAGAZINE Should we be excited or nervous for The Great Gatsby?       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.