8 June 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 08 Jun 2009 One way to read Hezbollah's electoral loss in Lebanon: it's not what the "Party of God" wanted. Ana Marie Cox annotates photos from the White House's Flickr pool. Emails show that no Justice lawyer who reviewed the interrogation question argued that the methods were clearly illegal. Instapaper for the commute: Fascinating account of why a small-town Texas girl hired killers to slay her family. Cell phones are forbidden in American prisons, but they're still used to intimidate and kill. Op: We all have a responsibility to become members of the wired world. Excess of electronic communication is making us semiotically promiscuous. The concept of "competitive altruism"--buying green to seem better--is both cynical and accurate. Seven-part series on how science can help improve the economy. Updating the opt-out revolution: American Prospect's four-part series on working women. Study finds children in high-conflict married households do no better than those in stepfather and single-mother families. Pilot answers lightning-, turbulence-related questions regarding plane crashes.
