The new American ethic is to celebrate dysfunction. No longer do we honestly evaluate what is right vs. what is wrong, the new moral standard is to garner the most attention. No matter how stupid, evil, or harmful the action, if you get a reality show out of it, good press, or a large census on a Facebook fan page, you did the right thing. Last week Steven Slater, a JetBlue flight attendant, cursed out a passenger via the in cabin intercom (at least this is what I gather), grabbed a beer, pulled the handle for the emergency shoot, slid victoriously down the inflated slide, and ran away. It was his “Take This Job and Shove It” moment. If you didn’t hear about this you don’t have an internet connection, a television, or any sort of magazine subscription. I would not be surprised if Martha Stewart Living did a cover story. This week’s TIME Magazine included it only as a “Briefing” on page 13. The writer of the brief article, James Poniewozik, said that Slater’s, “mad-as-hel