Newsletter 205

[1]The John Hickenlooper Exception
Links:
1. http://b.rw/erOKII

Frank Bruni | NYT Magazine | 5 January 2011

Enjoyable profile of new Democrat governor of Colorado, ex-mayor of Denver.
"A man of unabashed ways and eccentric means. A virtuoso goofball".
Sponsored a pig-pleasuring festival. Took a shower on TV to protest dirty
politics

[2]Life And Death Of David Burgess
Links:
2. http://b.rw/dM57La

Elizabeth Day | Observer | 9 January 2011

"On an autumn evening last October, a slight, pretty woman with a mass of
curly hair fell underneath a tube train". Except that she was a man. One of
Britain's finest lawyers. And she was pushed. Amazing, compelling story

[3]Interview: Francis Ford Coppola
Links:
3. http://b.rw/hFhZ1N

Ariston Anderson | 99% | 6 January 2011

Interesting throughout. "Every time I made a film, I always knew what I
thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In The Godfather, it was
succession. In The Conversation, it was privacy. In Apocalypse Now, it was
morality"

[4]Five Myths And A Menace
Links:
4. http://b.rw/g8E8FL

Nigel Lawson | Standpoint | 5 January 2011

Essay on interaction of economics and politics, from former British finance
minister. "Myths" mostly relate to the limits of economics as a predictive
tool—with a sideswipe at global warming. "Menace" is a return to
protectionism
[5]View full selection
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/best

Today's FiveBooks Interview

[6]James Dunkerley on =LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY=
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/james-dunkerley-on-latin-american-history

Professor at University of London says that ‘Latin America’ is a term that
only dates from the 1830s. He chooses five books that illuminate the
cultural and political history of that region [7]Continue reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/james-dunkerley-on-latin-american-history

Topic

[8]Crime & Thriller Writing
Links:
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]Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/puritan-conquistadors-iberianizing-atlantic-1550-1700-by-jorge-cañizares-esguerra

-by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra - I think it is a very enterprising history
because it challenges the thesis of American exceptionalism, the idea that
the Puritan tradition is so singular that it determines North America in
contrast to Catholic and Spanish Latin America. What Cañizares does is look
very closely at particularly religious texts from the time – which of course
are now very much in the news again with all the discussion about Hitchens
and Dawkins and so on. And he finds a greater convergence than mainstream
belief normally recognises.

[11]More recommendations…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks

Browsings

[12]nickycrypt RT @[13]TheBrowser: Classic letter from 98 year old woman in
UK to her bank. Most entertaining read of the day?
#browsings [14]b.rw/hdph6y thanks @[15]henrylf
[16]
More user recommended #browsings…
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12. http://twitter.com/nickycrypt
13. http://twitter.com/TheBrowser
14. http://b.rw/hdph6y
15. http://twitter.com/henrylf
16. http://thebrowser.com/browsings

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