Newsletter 234
[1]Timothy Geithner, Escape Artist
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1. http://b.rw/hToQkM
Noam Scheiber | New Republic | 10 February 2011
Long profile. Wobbled horribly when he started at Treasury, now he's the
sole survivor of Obama's first economics team. How so? Well, he pretty much
rescued the banking system. He's quick. And great at office politics.
[2]Sticklers For Procedure
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2. http://b.rw/gz6wDS
Radley Balko | Reason | 14 February 2011
Ohio man and woman have spent 15 years in prison, convicted of outlandish
sex crimes against children. Victims of America's paedophilia panic. No
physical evidence against them. Plenty of evidence that charges were
fabricated
[3]Moral Crusade Against Foodies
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3. http://b.rw/e1kl7u
B.R. Myers | Atlantic | 11 February 2011
On the hypocrisy, snobbery and vulgarity of food writing. "The more lives
sacrificed for a dinner, the more impressive the eater ... No small
perversion of language is needed to spin heroism out of an evening spent in
a chair"
[4]Hasids vs. Hipsters
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4. http://b.rw/dUTrxU
Christopher Glazek | n+1 | 14 February 2011
Culture wars in Williamsburg. Tensions between Hasidic Jews and hipsters
boiled over when the city a proposed bike lane on Bedford Avenue. Hipsters
threatened a naked protest—until bike dealer Baruch Herzfeld brokered a
compromise
[5]Why Fashion Keeps Tripping Over Race
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5. http://b.rw/esW1jh
Robin Givhan | NY Mag | 13 February 2011
"Fashion pushes at the boundaries of political correctness in the name of
creative freedom and buzz. But it often does it in a manner that is impish,
sly, timid, and, at times, seemingly downright deceitful". An interesting
read
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Raja Shehadeh on =PALESTINE=
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/raja-shehadeh-on-palestine
Raja Shedaheh’s choices highlight the suffering endured by the Palestinian
people over the last 100 years. But they also celebrate the country’s
natural beauty, vibrant culture and multi-textured humanity [8]Continue
reading…
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/raja-shehadeh-on-palestine
Topic
[9]Israel Palestine
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/israel-palestine-0
Browse interviews with Arab-Israeli specialists from Stephen Walt to Michael
Goldfarb, and read selection of articles and lectures that our specialists
have chosen to give an in-depth understanding of the conflict
[10]Continue reading…
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Book of the Day
[11]The Invention of the Jewish People
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11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/invention-jewish-people-by-shlomo-sand-0
-by Shlomo Sand -
"This is an example of new anti-Zionist fashionable nonsense. The new
historians are on the whole a pitiful lot."
[12]More recommendations…
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[13]From @emustich
Paul Theroux: This was England
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