http://www.newsweek.com:80/content/newsweek/feed/storiesNewsweekhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/arizona-pols-in-the-hot-seat.html?from=rssThe past 24 hours have not been kind to Arizona leaders Gov. Jan Brewer and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. It started with Brewer, whose opening statement in last night’s debate with gubernatorial contenders was painful to watch.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:37:00 GMTEve Conant/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/arizona-pols-in-the-hot-seathttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/bieber-s-u-smile-slowed-down-800-percent.html?from=rssJustin Bieber on slo-mo shakes up pop's idea of beautiful music.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMTSeth Colter Walls/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/bieber-s-u-smile-slowed-down-800-percenthttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/food-for-thought-the-farmer-as-superstar.html?from=rssSuperstar chefs are a dime a dozen. The new foodie hero: the farmer.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMTJulia Reed/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/food-for-thought-the-farmer-as-superstarhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/02/as-more-candidates-campaign-against-illegal-immigration-problem-appears-to-wane.html?from=rssIt's become increasingly clear that politicians have decided that taking a hard-line stance against illegal immigration is a winner this election season. The irony is that the illegal immigration problem appears to be receding in importance.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:45:00 GMTArian Campo-Flores/content/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/02/as-more-candidates-campaign-against-illegal-immigration-problem-appears-to-wanehttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/domestic-violence-pervades-russian-homes.html?from=rssRussian women are habitually beaten with legal impunity--in a country with no support system for victims of domestic violence. So it was horrible but hardly surprising when my friend's husband got drunk and killed her.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMTAnna Nemtsova/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/domestic-violence-pervades-russian-homeshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/02/how-obama-could-actually-broker-mid-east-peace.html?from=rssMany presidents have tried; all have failed. Why the current set of circumstances seems to favor Obama.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:31:00 GMTDaniel Stone/content/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/02/how-obama-could-actually-broker-mid-east-peacehttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/couples-counseling-not-just-for-married-people.html?from=rssUnmarried couples are increasingly turning to counseling. Are we just unable to break up, or is something more complicated happening today?Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:30:00 GMTCaroline Dworin/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/couples-counseling-not-just-for-married-peoplehttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/oppression-continues-in-iran.html?from=rssThe world's attention may have wandered from Iran, but recent reports from the country reveal a government that is as willing as ever to suppress dissent and a judiciary that still plans to kill a woman saved from a stoning sentence last month.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:13:00 GMTRavi Somaiya/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/oppression-continues-in-iranhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/viktor-bout-s-secrets-frighten-the-kremlin.html?from=rssThere's a reason Russians oppose the extradition of arms dealer Viktor Bout—the man known as "the merchant of death"—to the United States: he knows their secrets.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMTOwen Matthews/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/viktor-bout-s-secrets-frighten-the-kremlinhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/credit-card-customers-not-so-loyal.html?from=rssIt seems like everyone loves to hate credit-card companies, but some firms are more unpopular than others, and the industry as a whole faces a distrusting public.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:00 GMTThe Street/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/credit-card-customers-not-so-loyalhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/oil-platform-explodes-in-the-gulf.html?from=rssAn oil platform has exploded about 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast, throwing 13 workers into the water and raising once again the question on whether Congress will take on climate legislation.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:00 GMTMcKay Coppins/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/oil-platform-explodes-in-the-gulfhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/the-other-religion-at-ground-zero.html?from=rssA Greek Orthodox congregation has been waiting longer—and working harder—than Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the Park51 Islamic Center to restore the church that was destroyed on September 11, 2001.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:15:00 GMTLisa Miller/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/the-other-religion-at-ground-zerohttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/why-the-ground-zero-mosque-will-enrich-new-york.html?from=rssThe debate over the "Ground Zero mosque" misses an important potential virtue of the project: what non-Muslim New Yorkers and visitors will gain from its presence.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMTBen Adler/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/why-the-ground-zero-mosque-will-enrich-new-yorkhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/02/who-s-the-next-christina-romer.html?from=rssIn a speech Wednesday, Christina Romer, who will leave her position as President Obama’s top economic adviser Friday, lamented that the recession has proved so hard to understand. Whoever inherits her position may feel the same sense of helplessness.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMTNancy Cook/content/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/02/who-s-the-next-christina-romerhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/why-we-love-a-good-juicy-scandal.html?from=rssIt’s no secret we are a society consumed by scandal—from politicians to sports stars to radio hosts, an entire breed of pseudojournalism has erupted from this national pastime. But what is it about scandal that so titillates those of us who can’t look away?Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMTJessica Bennett/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/why-we-love-a-good-juicy-scandalhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/will-latest-gulf-explosion-revive-senate-energy-debate.html?from=rssEnvironmentalists don’t usually get excited when the planet gets hurt. But the oil and gas platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico may have given new hope to a struggling environmental movement.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMTDaniel Stone/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/will-latest-gulf-explosion-revive-senate-energy-debatehttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/the-resurrection-of-charlie-chan.html?from=rssWho under the age of 50 remembers Charlie Chan? Like his more bloodcurdling kinsman, Dr. Fu Manchu, and like Stepin Fetchit, Amos and Andy, and many other racial stereotypes who once populated American novels and movies, he has been politically corrected out of the cultural landscape. Now a new book reinterprets his legacy.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMTMalcolm Jones/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/the-resurrection-of-charlie-chanhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/stanley-kauffmann-a-cultural-critic-for-the-ages.html?from=rssMovie reviewers are fading away. And then there's Stanley Kauffmann.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:45:00 GMTJeremy McCarter/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/stanley-kauffmann-a-cultural-critic-for-the-ageshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/02/mideast-peace-talks-should-have-been-secret.html?from=rssBy making a public spectacle of negotiations, leaders have made Israelis and Palestinians less likely to reach any agreement. President Obama should have pushed them to conduct back-channel, off-the-record talks instead.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTDan Ephron/content/newsweek/2010/09/02/mideast-peace-talks-should-have-been-secrethttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/we-read-it/2010/09/01/delusions-of-gender-how-our-minds-society-and-neurosexism-create-difference.html?from=rssSo you thought sexism was a thing of the past? Not so much, says Cordelia Fine. Instead, myths are being dressed up with new science and propagating dangerous new conventional wisdom.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:54:00 GMTJessica Bennett/content/newsweek/blogs/we-read-it/2010/09/01/delusions-of-gender-how-our-minds-society-and-neurosexism-create-difference