Newsletter 147
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Writing Worth Reading
* [2]Effing The Ineffable
Roger Scruton | Big Questions | 4 November 2010
Wittgenstein prudently advised remaining silent, when words failed. Why
do so many other philosophers conclude that truth is ineffable, then go
on to write thousands of pages trying to describe it?
* [3]Brain That Changed Everything
Luke Dittrich | Esquire | 25 November 2010
In 1953, Henry Molaison was trepanned. His memory vanished. Surgeon's
grandson tells of of next 55 years of Henry's life, his prominent place
in neuroscience, and why his brain is still being studied
* [4]I Was Wrong About China
John Humphrys | BBC | 4 November 2010
Veteran BBC reporter is surprised on his return to China to find it more
outward-looking, less defensive and restrictive than he remembered.
"This country has opened up in a way I had not even begun to imagine"
* [5]James Ellroy, Ancient Mariner Of LA Noir
Elaine Showalter | TLS | 3 November 2010
Ellroy's memoir mostly covers "sexual fantasies, desires, love affairs,
marriages, long-term relationships, imaginary lovers". Also good advice
on how to get noticed as a writer: "exude a raucous panache"
* [6]Case Against Charles Taylor Falls Apart
Thomas Darnstädt et al | Spiegel | 3 November 2010
Former Liberian president may be acquitted in The Hague. Despite
blood-curdling testimony about civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone,
prosecution hasn't proved that Taylor was personally responsible
* [7]Distant Judge Or Pliant Regulator
John Kay | John Kay | 3 November 2010
If you give an industry a dedicated regulator, that regulator almost
always gets captured—if only intellectually, since he relies on the
industry for information. Better an impartial judge who knows less
* [8]Number Ten
J.M. Mosley | Typefoundry | 31 October 2010
Improbably captivating history of the numbers on the door of 10 Downing
Street, incorporating a fair amount of detail about the building itself.
The oblique stress of the zero dates from a renovation in 1963
* [9]Lightness Of History In Caucasus
Thomas de Waal | Open Democracy | 4 November 2010
Roots of current Caucasus conflicts don't go back centuries into ancient
or ethnic hatreds. They derive from 20th-Century Soviet policies to
manipulate loyalties, suppress identities, smother grievances
* [10]Market For 17th-Century Altarpieces
Federico Etro | Vox | 4 November 2010
Titian et al signed detailed contracts with patrons. Highly competitive
market. Price determined partly by painter's reputation, but also by
size of painting, number of figures, genre, complexity of story
* [11]Day After, In Virginia
George Packer | New Yorker | 3 November 2010
Notes from Appalachian corner of Virginia, where Republicans gained
House seats. Disillusion with Obama's leadership. Miners voted
Republican for fear of cap-and-trade. All about jobs
* [12]Fed's $600 Billion Statement In Plain English
Jacob Goldstein | Planet Money | 3 November 2010
Pithiest thing you'll read about the American economy this month. As
we've said before, it's only a pity that the Federal Reserve—and
everybody else in government—can't write this way to begin with
* [13]Obama's Failure Of Leadership
Marshall Ganz | LAT | 3 November 2010
Persuasive account of Obama's declining popularity. He campaigned as a
transformational president, governed as a transactional one. Demobilised
his grassroots organisation. Out went advocacy, in came compromise
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+ [14]My Impression Of The Election Results
Tyler Cowen | Marginal Revolution | 4 November 2010
Newspapers full of 2,000 word analyses. Here's a wrap in 200 words.
Notable points: Obama's re-election chances have improved; pot has
peaked; anti-gay backlash in Iowa; no tea-party tidal wave
+ Topic: Barack Obama
The years of disillusion. How President Barack Obama lost many of
his friends, and failed to win... [15]Continue reading...
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