Newsletter 273
[1]Ruud Gullit Takes on Grozny
Links:
1. http://b.rw/eqDQLb
Walter Mayr | Spiegel | 1 April 2011
Fading Dutch legend pockets huge paycheck from Chechen dictator to coach
local soccer team. It's a tough neighbourhood, even for Russia. "When Terek
plays in Grozny, the home stands resemble a funeral service for a gangster
boss" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ruud-gullit-takes-grozny
[3]The Biggest Lie In British Politics
Links:
3. http://b.rw/gtY7Wd
Johann Hari | Johann Hari | 29 March 2011
Powerful takedown of politicians who claim that UK is caught in problematic
debt crisis. "As a proportion of GDP, Britain’s national debt has been
higher than it is now for 200 of the past 250 years". Well spotted by
@polit2k [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/biggest-lie-british-politics
[5]Ellen Terry, Epistolary Eccentric
Links:
5. http://b.rw/gYHGp2
John Stokes | TLS | 30 March 2011
"With the very best letters of all it is as if we are reading along with the
original recipient yet hearing the voice of the writer at the moment of
composition". Wonderful assessment of renowned eccentric letter-writer's
work [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ellen-terry-epistolary-eccentric
[7]The Mellon Doctrine
Links:
7. http://b.rw/f1vQim
Paul Krugman | NYT | 1 April 2011
Arguing against Republican premise that "slashing government spending and
employment in the face of a deeply depressed economy would actually create
jobs". Lower earnings would more likely just worsen existing debt problems
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mellon-doctrine
[9]Why Experts Get It Wrong
Links:
9. http://b.rw/gm9Rrp
James Warren | Atlantic | 1 April 2011
The pressure of being an expert encourages experts to be wrong; they extend
themselves beyond the facts. Heightened accountability encourages
"stretching to make comparisons and falsely recalling features that simply
aren't there" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-experts-get-it-wrong
[11]Fukushima Dai-ichi Status And Prognosis
Links:
11. http://b.rw/i9bjmm
Euan Mearns | The Oil Drum | 31 March 2011
It looked like Japan's nuclear disaster was an overstated, media-hyped,
problem. But has the situation changed? Possibly so; we could now be looking
at a more serious issue. Excellent analysis of current available information
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fukushima-dai-ichi-status-and-prognosis
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Bob Johnstone on Solar Power
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bob-johnstone-on-solar-power
Former _Wired_ contributing editor and MIT Science Journalism Fellow
explains why the Germans lead the world in solar energy and whether it's
time to install a panel on your own roof
Featured Topic
[14]Football
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
A collection of hand-picked articles and interviews with leading authorities
on the biggest sport in the world
Reader Recommendations
[15]@mrianleslie [16]@TheBrowser And a response to Hari here
[17]bit.ly/eeNEBw [18]#browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/mrianleslie
16. http://twitter.com/thebrowser
17. http://bit.ly/eeNEBw
18. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[19]In Light of India by Octavio Paz
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/light-india-by-octavio-paz
[20]Robert Conquest says: “Vishnevskaya had a lot of nasty experiences with
the Party apparatchik literary and opera machinery.”
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-conquest-on-communism
Video of the Day
[21]25 Years Of Pixar
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/videos/25-years-pixar
Has it really been that long? A wonderful trip. And to think, the big man
was dreaming up the iPod on the side
[22]More videos
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[23]John Stokes, on writing letters
Links:
23. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7173621.ece
"The art of letter writing is like the art of acting. It is the impression
of spontaneity that makes a performance convincing"
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