Newsletter 203
[1]Crying Shame Of John Boehner
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1. http://b.rw/i088jW
Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone | 7 January 2011
On the new Speaker of the House: "He's a five-tool insider who can lie,
cheat, steal, play golf, change his mind on command and do anything else his
lobbyist buddies and campaign contributors require of him to get the job
done"
[2]Interview: Didier Lestrade
Links:
2. http://bit.ly/fMulmn
Billy Miller | Butt Magazine | 5 January 2011
Veteran French gay activist, publisher. Founded "Têtu", country's first
mainstream gay magazine. "Unlike many young fags today, we knew our gay
history". Interesting throughout. Parts may be NSFW, especially towards the
end
[3]Economists In Love
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3. http://b.rw/gsUJ2U
Paula Szuchman | Spousonomics | 7 January 2011
Smart, funny. Shelly Lundberg and Dick Startz, husband and wife, professors
of economics at University of Washington, on the economics of marriage.
"Assigning tasks according to comparative advantage is a useful beginning"
[4]My Waistline For A Horse
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4. http://b.rw/h6C6v7
Dominic Prince | Guardian | 8 January 2011
What goal do you set yourself when you're knocking on 50, north of 16 stone
and wanting to lose weight? Writer aims to ride racehorse in proper race
with professionals. Ten months and five stone later, he does it
[5]View full selection
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5. http://thebrowser.com/best
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Daniel Norcross on =CRICKET=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-norcross-on-cricket
Playwright and founder of testmatchsofa.com Daniel Norcross chooses five
books on the game that almost started a war, broke down colour barriers and
led to the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa [7]Continue reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-norcross-on-cricket
Topic
[8]Crime & Thriller Writing
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8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing
Leading writers discuss their genre and select their top five essential
reads, plus selected articles on the murky world of thrillers and whodunnits
[9]Continue reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing
Book of the Day
[10]Basil D’Oliveira
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/basil-d’oliveira-by-peter-oborne
-by Peter Oborne - Basil D’Oliveira, a South African who played for England,
was one of the most important men in cricket history, and this book makes a
claim that he’s one of the most important men in 20th-century history, that
one innings in 1968 against Australia of 158 runs resulted in the boycott of
South Africa and ultimately the dismantling of apartheid.
[11]More recommendations…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
[12]polit2k Income inequality: Our global oligarchs | The
Economist [13]t.co/3WUkpWS #browsings
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More user recommended #browsings…
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13. http://t.co/3WUkpWS
14. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
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