Newsletter 230

[1]Demise Of A Legendary Doping Empire
Links:
1. http://b.rw/dWMKxl

Cathrin Gilbert | Spiegel | 9 February 2011

How police snared German drug firm that supplied illegal performance
enhancing steroids. Customer list to follow. "There must be plenty of
athletes who are suddenly feeling very nervous." An excellent recommendation
from @polit2k

[2]Wine And Cricket
Links:
2. http://b.rw/fpOcWN

Stuart George | Langtons | 31 January 2011

A short and quirky comparison of cricket and Australian wine. "A groundsman,
just like a vigneron, spends the winter and spring tending to his few
acres". If you don't appreciate the game, it might whet your palate

[3]Sun Tzu: Enemy Of The Bureaucratic Mind
Links:
3. http://b.rw/iduNry

Walter Russell Mead | American Interest | 8 February 2011

Sun Tzu played the same role in Confucian China that Machiavelli played in
the West. Both argued that states and leaders could not afford to be bound
by conventional ideas of morality. The struggle for power had no rules

[4]A Free, Irresponsible Press
Links:
4. http://b.rw/fZF0RK

Yochai Benkler | Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Law Review | 8 February 2011

Scholarly essay (62-page PDF) on history and legality of Wikileaks,
implications for news media. Short take: US prosecution of Assange would
probably fail. He has same first amendment rights as any New York Times
journalist

[5]Time Bombs
Links:
5. http://b.rw/g98Ypu

Amy Ernst | King Effect | 9 February 2011

Another terrifying post from superb Congo aid worker's blog. This one about
conversations with ex-child soldiers. Demobilised, but without any moral
code. "To kill someone is good. It was their fault for getting eliminated"

[6]The Connected Company
Links:
6. http://b.rw/hsXAY4

Dave Gray | Communication Nation | 8 February 2011

We design companies as though they were machines—to do one particular job
throughout life, controlled by an operator. We should build them like
cities, as complex systems which can evolve with the right services and
infrastructure
[7]View full selection
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/best

Today's FiveBooks Interview

[8]Evan Osnos on =CHINA=
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/evan-osnos-on-china

_The New Yorker_'s China correspondent reflects on why the country captures
our imagination – and why we want to change it. He chooses five books for
the discerning traveller [9]Continue reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/evan-osnos-on-china

Topic

[10]China
Links:
10. 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
[11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china

Book of the Day

[12]The Diaries of Samuel Pepys
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/diaries-samuel-pepys-by-samuel-pepys

-by Samuel Pepys -

Allowing for the fact that these days we don’t execute people who fall out
of favour, and that someone falling out of favour is no longer in mortal
danger, Pepys gives us many lessons about political life – about political
relationships and the way that you manage those who, in those days, would
have been your masters, and who these days would be your colleagues.

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

Browsings

[14]@polit2k Court bans man with low IQ from having sex -
Telegraph. http://t.co/47otC3r #[16]browsings
[17]More user recommended #browsings…
Links:
14. http://twitter.com/polit2k
16. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
17. http://thebrowser.com/browsings

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