"Reefer Madness"

This is an article written about the Michael Phelps' photo that surfaced, showing him smoking out of a bong. It was written this week and I'm wondering why people are even still talking about this? Although the article ends with saying everyone will forget about this, just as they forgot about his DUI arrest when he was 19 (which, I had no clue even happened), why is an article being written about how we'll forget. A few different issues are brought up in the article though which is why I thought I would post it. Questions of race, celebrity, and redemption are brought up in this 'scandal' (though I see nothing scandalous about a college age kid smoking pot). Thoughts?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/185807

"Dumb Money: Are Execs Villains or Morons?"

I thought this article was pretty interesting. Basically its absolving the blame of the economic crisis from the handful of names we've heard in the media the last few months like, Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford. The article questions the motives of every professional title or position that has played a vital part of our countries since the 1800s. Are all the moves calculated in order to trick the common people and those running Big Business continue to live well? Or, is the first true but they didn't realize the rouse would be exposed eventually when everything comes crashing down?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/186296/page/1