2 June 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 02 Jun 2009 State Department instructs embassies to invite Iranian officials over for hot dogs. LGBT Iranians forced to flee the country and seek refugee status. Lawmakers still fuzzy as to how Rhode Island decriminalized prostitution. Look now, pay later: a visual history of the credit card. Signs of economic progress still arrive "with caveats that make them less than impressive." Op: Krugman's idea of postwar history is a caricature; nostalgianomics get us nowhere. Ricky Jay says Susan Boyle is a good example of what terrifies performers: when the extraordinary turns dull. To "alleviate our injured surprise and sorrow," we'd do well to consult Seneca as the author of the hour. English live-blog of reading the new Murakami novel in Japanese. Panegyric for the end of the Condé Nast empire, when editors had it ridiculously good. P.J. O'Rourke writes an obituary for the American love of the automobile post-G.M. Proposed buyer of Hummer remains unnamed; is it Sichuan Tengzhong? Swiss bankers support Italian-food sector by seeking out comfort food, despite insults from other diners. Video: Newly wedded couple gets surprise wedding reception.
