Newsletter 314
[1]The Secret Sharer
Links:
1. http://b.rw/iz407A
Jane Mayer | New Yorker | 15 May 2011
Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state? He faces some of the gravest charges
that can be brought against a US citizen. Under the espionage act. For
blowing the whistle on financial waste, bureaucratic dysfunction. Really?
[2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-sharer
[3]DSK In Jail: The View From Paris
Links:
3. http://b.rw/kqoJuS
Philip Gourevitch | New Yorker | 15 May 2011
"Nobody in the political class fakes surprise at finding him accused of a
predatory attempt to gratify his sexual urges, or of conducting himself with
a sense of grotesque entitlement. DSK has a reputation as a gluttonous
womaniser" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dsk-jail-view-paris
[5]How Drudge Has Stayed On Top
Links:
5. http://b.rw/kpNrAM
David Carr | NYT | 15 May 2011
Of course Google is the biggest driver of referrals on the Internet. But
who's second? Facebook? No, it's Matt Drudge. One reclusive man with an
amazing news sense, a 14-year track record of muck-raking, and 12m visitors
per month [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-drudge-has-stayed-top
[7]Deeply Conflicted
Links:
7. http://b.rw/mfJEZi
Courtney Humphries | Boston Globe | 15 May 2011
How can we protect ourselves from conflicts of interest? One of most common
proposed solutions -- transparent disclosure -- appears to be ineffective.
Fascinating research shows full disclosure actually tends to make us less
ethical [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/deeply-conflicted
[9]Primer On China’s Leadership Transition
Links:
9. http://b.rw/l4QvyO
Patrick Chovanec | 8 May 2011
Admirably clear and approachable anatomy of China's political structure.
Starts from the division of power between State, Party and Army, proceeds
from there to describe the dynamics and determinants of leadership changes
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/primer-china’s-leadership-transition
[11]Anatomy Lesson
Links:
11. http://b.rw/mxWiEe
Rebecca German | PLOS Blogs | 13 May 2011
Harvard anatomy teacher reflects on her experiences of dissecting cadavers:
"It was just rigor, but I felt as if she was squeezing my hand. She was
giving me permission to learn from her and have this one last anatomy
lesson" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/anatomy-lesson
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Joshua Foer on Memory
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joshua-foer-on-memory
The best-selling author and 2006 US Memory Champion picks five unforgettable
books about the art of remembering
Featured Topic
[14]Relationships
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
Reader Recommendations
_@[15]TheAmScho_: What 1930s pop culture can tell us about our own economic
hardships. [16]tinyurl.com/3uwaqot [17]#browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/TheAmScho
16. http://www.theamericanscholar.org/facing-the-music/?utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=twitter
17. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]Cooking: The Quintessential Art by Hervé This and Pierre Gagnaire
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/cooking-quintessential-art-by-hervé-and-pierre-gagnaire
_[19]Shahrzad Ghorashian says:_ "The writing is fantastic and it goes
through the philosophy behind cooking and behind every aspect of it – the
aesthetics, the development of the taste"
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jila-dana-haeri-and-shahrzad-ghorashian-on-persian-cookery
Video of the Day
[20]A Love Story In Milk
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/love-story-milk
If you don't like it, you can always just skim it
Quote of the Day
[21]Rodney Dangerfield, on getting older
Links:
21. http://www.gourmandizer.com/ezine/albini
"I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact,
I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table"