Newsletter 201
[1]Decline Of The Serial Killer
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Christopher Beam | Slate | 5 January 2011
Estimated 200 serial killers active in the 1980s; 61 in the 2000s. Why the
decline? Could be better law enforcement. Or perhaps even crime has its
zeitgeist. Child kidnaps for 1920s; serial killing for 1980s; terrorism for
2000s
[2]Obituary: David Hart
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Anonymous | Telegraph | 5 January 2011
Old Etonian, property tycoon, libertarian. "Sun King lifestyle". Adviser to
Mrs Thatcher. Suite at Claridges. Backed coup in Equatorial Guinea. Wrote
novels. Five children by four mothers. "An Edwardian attitude to women"
[3]Paper on ESP Expected To Prompt Outrage
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Benedict Carey | NYT | 5 January 2011
Peer-reviewed journal prepares to publish paper offering experimental
evidence for extrasensory perception. “It’s pure craziness", says critic.
“There was no mechanism by which we could understand the results”, says
editor
[4]Blair Hitch Project
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4. http://b.rw/gM1Cnu
Christopher Hitchens | Vanity Fair | 6 January 2011
On debating Tony Blair in Toronto. "The high-wattage grin was still there,
framed in a lined face with cropped and graying hair that still gave the
ephemeral impression of youth. I asked him in private what it was like to be
hated"
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Lord Douglas Hurd on =POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lord-douglas-hurd-on-political-biographies
Former Foreign Secretary and writer Douglas Hurd says that biographies of
politicians are the best way to make history interesting. His five books
look at the lives of some of Britain’s best-known Tory Prime Ministers
[7]Continue reading…
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lord-douglas-hurd-on-political-biographies
Topic
[8]China
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8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Everything you need to know about the rising power. Original interviews with
experts such as Richard Baum, Isabel Hilton, and Xinran - and the books and
articles they recommend
[9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Book of the Day
[10]Edward Heath
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10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/edward-heath-by-philip-ziegler
-by Philip Ziegler -
Lord Douglas Hurd: I worked for Ted Heath for nearly eight years so I knew
him well and I admired him. I also know Philip Ziegler quite well so I was
interested to see what he made of Ted Heath, who really isn’t an easy
subject because he has the reputation of being bad-tempered and churlish.
But there was another side to him that doesn’t usually come out and I think
Philip has brought that out quite successfully.
[11]More recommendations…
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Browsings
[12]polit2k iPhone = Mac 2.0 | Apple has close to half of all smartphone
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More user recommended #browsings…
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