Newsletter 301
[1]Pakistan And Al-Qaeda's Future
Links:
1. http://b.rw/j6RiNm
Ahmed Rashid | NYRB | 3 May 2011
"Bin Laden's ideology and acts of terrorism changed the way we live, and how
we conduct politics and business while deeply scarring relations between the
Muslim world and the West. His death will have similarly large-scale
effects" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/pakistan-and-al-qaedas-future
[3]Where Have All The Graveyards Gone?
Links:
3. http://b.rw/j26SS7
Adam Hochschild | Guernica/TomDispatch | 3 May 2011
"What if everyone killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars were buried in a single
cemetery easily accessible to the American public? Would it bring the
fighting to a halt more quickly if we could see hundreds of thousands of
tombstones?" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/where-have-all-graveyards-gone
[5]The Global Economy's Corporate Crime Wave
Links:
5. http://b.rw/kiVUZ3
Jeffrey Sachs | Project Syndicate | 30 April 2011
Great essay on widespread corporate corruption and why crimes go unpunished.
Key reasons: companies cross borders where governments don't and "big
companies are so financially powerful that governments are afraid to take
them on" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/global-economys-corporate-crime-wave
[7]Syria: Quickly Going Beyond The Point Of No Return
Links:
7. http://b.rw/kv5ADU
Anonymous | International Crisis Group | 3 May 2011
Clear-eyed, measured analysis of Syrian protests. "Even if massive
repression were to succeed in the short term, any such victory would at best
be pyrrhic. President Assad’s domestic and international credibility would
be shattered" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/syria-quickly-going-beyond-point-no-return
[9]Obituary: Sir Henry Cooper
Links:
9. http://b.rw/mymiw3
Anonymous | Daily Telegraph | 3 May 2011
Loved by millions as "Our 'Enery", he was the first man to knock down
Cassius Clay in a fight. He couldn't take advantage, and lost a rematch for
the world title. But his courage in the ring and modesty outside it was
unquestioned [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-sir-henry-cooper
[11]Macho Men Die Early
Links:
11. http://b.rw/jYJ8kn
Hugo Schwyzer | Good Men Project | 3 May 2011
Men make poor lifestyle choices, rooted in macho ethos of not displaying
weakness and being prepared to take risks. Holds true even as men age. They
may give up violent sports and driving fast, but ignore pain, signs of
illness [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/hugo-schwyzer-good-men-project-3rd-may-2011
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Vernon Bogdanor on Electoral Reform
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/vernon-bogdanor-on-electoral-reform
Britain votes on Thursday in a referendum on changing the electoral system.
The political consequences could be great, says one of the country's top
constitutional experts.
Featured Topic
[14]Espionage
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
The irresistible subject - spies. Who are they? What do they really do? Are
today's spies that different from the heroes of the Cold War? Read on to
find out
Reader Recommendations
_@rfuente1_ Great article on the oft-studied “That’s what she said” field of
academia [15]slate.me/jUMq72 [16]#browsings
Links:
15. http://slate.me/jUMq72
16. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[17]The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/fall-rome-and-end-civilization-by-bryan-ward-perkins
_[18]Harry Sidebottom says_: “Probably the most exciting new book on ancient
history for years. Unbelievably readable, in a popular style”
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/harry-sidebottom-on-rome
Video of the Day
[19]Ted Talk: Eli Pariser
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/videos/ted-talk-eli-pariser
The more the internet gives you what it thinks you want, the more it
isolates you from the world at large
Quote of the Day
[20]Alfred Hitchcock, on suspense
Links:
20. http://tomshone.blogspot.com/2011/05/fine-art-of-suspense-botched.html
"Suspense consists of letting an audience know precisely what is about to
happen—and then making them wait for it"