Newsletter 222
[1]How To Tax The Rich
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1. http://b.rw/if2ZQF
Scott Adams | WSJ | 30 January 2011
Dilbert creator gives US government some tongue-in-cheek advice on taxing
the rich. Trick is to offer them something in return. Even if it's just a
big thank you. Or fast-track queueing in government offices. Or a second
vote
[2]Rupert Murdoch: Portrait Of Satan
Links:
2. http://b.rw/h1HhCy
Adam Curtis | BBC | 30 January 2011
Film-maker looks at how BBC has depicted Rupert Murdoch since the time of
his first big British deal, a bid for "News of the World" in 1968.
Interesting text, but real joy comes with embedded TV clips going back 40
years
[3]Nobody Gets Married Any More, Mister
Links:
3. http://b.rw/htYGm4
Gerry Garibaldi | City Journal | 30 January 2011
High-school teacher on problems of pupil pregnancy, encouraged by "vast
array" of state benefits, absence of shame, support from peers. “My mom and
my grandma both got pregnant when they were teens, and they’re good
mothers”
[4]Rubber Robbery: Nazis' Condom Empire
Links:
4. http://b.rw/dZazA0
Leon Rocha | Berlin Review Of Books | 28 January 2011
On Julius Fromm, who perfected modern condom manufacture in 1914. Built
global brand. Tried to do business under Hitler, though Jewish. Failed.
Company bought for peanuts by Göring's godmother, expropriated by GDR in
1945
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Will Hobson on =INKBLOTS=
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hobson-on-inkblots
The author of a modern, inkblot-based character test discusses the history
and cultural resonances of the inkblot, from Victor Hugo to Andy Warhol
[7]Continue reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hobson-on-inkblots
Topic
[8]Relationships
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
[9]Continue reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Book of the Day
[10]Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors and Media into the Twenty-first
Century
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/warner-marina-phantasmagoria-spirit-visions-metaphors-and-media-twenty-first-century-by-
-by Marina Warner -
[11]More recommendations…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
[12]alexlankester Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia’s Contributor List.
Where are all the women? [13]nyti.ms/gcSo8H #[14]browsings
[15]More user recommended #browsings…
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12. http://twitter.com/alexlankester
13. http://nyti.ms/gcSo8H
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