Newsletter 300
[1]Behind The Hunt For Bin Laden
Links:
1. http://b.rw/lrY6uU
Mark Mazzetti et al | NYT | 2 May 2011
Enough Bin Laden already! I know, but this is the cut-out-and-keep piece
which gives you the tick-tock, the dialogue from the situation room, the
inside stuff about how the raid was planned. This is what great newspapers
are for [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/behind-hunt-bin-laden
[3]The Double
Links:
3. http://b.rw/jynOaU
Dane Batty | Crime | 2 May 2011
Book extract. How to rob a bank. Monitor police radio. Choose a branch
staffed by women, with a drive-up window. Flares make a useful diversion.
Have a first getaway car that witnesses will notice. Dump it nearby, switch
to another [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/double
[5]Real Time, All The Time
Links:
5. http://b.rw/lqdcw1
Emily Bell | An Englishwoman In New York | 2 May 2011
Columbia University's Professor of Journalism on importance of live,
breaking news. "Live is not 'yet another thing' for a working journalist to
understand, it is the great journalistic challenge of our time". Essential
reading [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/real-time-all-time
[7]White House Briefing On Bin Laden’s Death
Links:
7. http://b.rw/mIRnhM
Jay Carney & John Brennan | WSJ | 2 May 2011
"There are a lot of people within the Pakistani government, and I’m not
going to speculate if any of them had prior knowledge about bin Laden being
in Abbottabad. But his location there outside of the capital raises
questions" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/white-house-press-briefing-bin-laden’s-death
[9]Big Cheese: Gérard Depardieu
Links:
9. http://b.rw/keHzlR
James Mottram | Independent | 2 May 2011
He has survived 17 motorbike accidents, a quintuple heart bypass and a plane
crash. He makes four or five films a year, and has done so for four decades.
Lately he's cut back his drinking to fewer than six bottles of wine a day
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/big-cheese-gérard-depardieu
[11]Liberal Party Of Canada Buried at Sea
Links:
11. http://b.rw/mlSnkk
Mark Steyn | National Review | 2 May 2011
Everything you need to know about the Canadian election in 500 words.
"Michael Ignatieff is on course to lose his seat in Parliament, accelerating
his return to Harvard and a speedy end to his ill-advised foray into Canuck
politics" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/liberal-party-canada-buried-sea
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Michael Howard on War
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/michael-howard-on-war
The military historian describes the strategy, the art and the experience of
war – from the pins in the map to the horrors of the front line
Featured Topic
[14]Moral Philosophy
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/moral-philosophy
Do babies have morals? Does surveillance make us better? Is free will an
illusion or not? Is there such a thing as evil? Get to grips with the big
questions of right and wrong
Reader Recommendations
_@newint_ Bin Laden may be dead, but the Afghan war goes on. Is talking to
the Taliban a betrayal? 2 experts debate [15]ow.ly/4M81w [16]#browsings
Links:
15. http://ow.ly/4M81w
16. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[17]Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary by John Daniell
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/confessions-rugby-mercenary-by-john-daniell
_[18]Richard Beard says_: “It’s an authentic picture of what it’s like on
the inside now to be a professional rugby player just below the top level”
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-beard-on-rugby
Video of the Day
[19]Glenn Beck Channels Dr Freud
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/videos/glen-beck-channels-dr-freud
Quite a few people have been making this mistake. But no reason not to enjoy
this instance
Quote of the Day
[20]Bertrand Russell, on the Bible
Links:
20. http://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/05/02/unquote-342
“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise
of intelligence”