Today in Slate: Even Iowans Don't Care About Ethanol Subsidies Anymore; Plus, Why Are So Few High-Tech Companies Based in Europe?

Today: June 8, 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 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 READ FULL STORY | More Arts Kernel of Truth Even Iowans don't care about ethanol subsidies anymore. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Shafer: More Great Kiss-Offs From Journalists to the Bosses Who Fired Them John Edwards Is a Lawyer. Why Doesn't He Represent Himself in Court? The Weird Conservative Attack on the SCOTUS Ruling Protecting You From Illegal Search and Seizure Is It Rude To Ignore a Tweet Directed at Me? Advertisement Briefing Why are so few high-tech companies based in Europe? Bob Dylan, Bridesmaids and vegan sneakers: Books, music, movies, and other stuff Slate writers liked last month. News & Politics Afghanistan war: Should Obama change the U.S. strategy? Peter Diamond, Goodwin Liu, Dawn Johnsen: Why can't Obama get his nominees confirmed? Arts Fascinating paintings of boredom. Airplane seats: Why aren't they designed more thoughtfully? Life Taste testing vegetarian sausage: Which fake is best? Mean girls, grabby men, ex-boyfriend obsession, and family secrets: Dear Prudence advises readers in a live chat at Washingtonpost.com. Business & Tech Apple iCloud: Does Steve Jobs finally get the Web? DSK scandal at the IMF: How to choose the organization's next leader. Science European E. coli outbreak: A simple taboo underpins the hysteria over a new German E. coli strain. Jack Kevorkian was right: Assisted suicide should be legal. But is it moral? Podcasts & Video Streaming Hitler in a chat room. Film Socialisme and other "Cultural Vegetables," MTV's Teen Wolf, and the value of a college education on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.

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