Newsletter 119
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Writing Worth Reading
[2]Franzen's Freedom Has Been Pulped
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Charlie Brooker | Guardian | 4 October 2010
There's nothing like the lonely horror of realising you've made a massive
cock-up. It's as if a cold egg of dread has been cracked open over your
skull. Something like this happened at Franzen's UK publishers last week
[3]Why We Watch Glenn Beck
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Dana Milbank | Daily Beast | 4 October 2010
Gallup asked Americans which living man they admired most. The only man
mentioned more often than Beck was Mandela. More on the rise of broadcaster
who likes to "take it up a notch", however few notches remain
[4]King Of Diamonds
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Jake Silverstein | Texas Monthly | 1 October 2010
Glimpse of baseball history from rural Texas. A real life field of dreams,
built by a rancher, and the pitcher who took James Dean "rabbit whacking" on
a day off from filming of "Giant"
[5]Africa's Soccer Imposters
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Brian Phillips | Slate | 4 October 2010
Sad tale of fake Togolese team that played friendly international against
Bahrain last month. Bizarre episode it may have been, but also a symptom of
corruption, mismanagement bedevilling African football
[6]John Ford: Melancholy Democrat
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Mike Marqusee | MikeMarqusee.com | 4 October 2010
Finely-turned appreciation of John Ford, here praised as one of the greatest
and subtlest of filmmakers. Works like "The Searchers" were rich in emotion
and ideas, compassionate, sceptical, ambivalent
[7]Against The Stuttgart Rail Project
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Steve Evans | BBC | 4 October 2010
Why do people get so worked up about saving railway stations? And trees.
Despatch from Germany on the construction project that's bringing protesters
onto the streets in their thousands
[8]Later
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James Surowiecki | New Yorker | 11 October 2010
Enjoyable discussion about procrastination. Why do we put things off, even
when we know it's not in our best interests to do so, and what does it tell
us about ourselves? Includes tips for chronic procrastinators
[9]Forces The Palin Cult Attracts
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Andrew Sullivan | Atlantic | 3 October 2010
Short story about report in Alaska of a threat made against Sarah Palin, and
the extraordinary response it provoked from people presumed to support her.
Even local newspaper that broke story was shocked
[10]Understanding Hizbullah
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Thanassis Cambanis | Qifa Nabki | 3 October 2010
What makes Lebanese militant group different from Hamas or Al-Qaeda? How
beholden is it to Tehran, what would happen if Iran were attacked? Some
answers in this interview with former Boston Globe reporter
[11]Excerpt From Philip Roth's "Nemesis"
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Philip Roth | CBS | 3 October 2010
Opening chapter of Roth's new novel, about polio outbreak in wartime New
Jersey. Excerpt anticipates fear that descends on bewildered community,
introduces character whose moral struggle forms book's emotional core
[12]Facebook Can Be Bigger Than Google
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Adam Rifkin | TechCrunch | 2 October 2010
Facebook already has about double revenue Google reported when it filed to
go public. Silicon Valley veteran analyses potential revenue streams that
could take it to annual turnover of $30bn in five years' time
Topic: North Korea
Essays and interviews on the succession to Kim Jong Il, the economy, health
care, tourism and...[13]Continue reading...
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[14]Today on FiveBooks: Astrophysics
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