Newsletter 326

[1]The Monster And Monterrey
Links:
1. http://b.rw/k8EL1Y

Nik Steinberg | The Nation | 25 May 2011

Crazy politics of Mexico's drug wars. "Sceptical of the ability of police
and courts to bring those responsible to justice, citizens increasingly see
no option except taking the law into their own hands. The results can be
horrific" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/monster-and-monterrey

[3]Tyler Cowen And The "Great Stagnation"
Links:
3. http://b.rw/ijuICK

Brendan Greeley | Bloomberg | 27 May 2011

Profile of world's greatest blogger, 16th-most influential economist,
voracious reader, "agony aunt", ethnic food guru, chess champion, and author
of 15 books, including this year's zeitgeist-capturing "Great Stagnation"
[4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tyler-cowen-and-great-stagnation

[5]The Places In Between
Links:
5. http://b.rw/krh16i

Paul Theroux | FT | 27 May 2011

Good travel writing should be "a species of trespass combined with true
discovery". Having a bad time is helpful. "I want to read about the
miserable, difficult, inhospitable places; the forbidden cities and the back
roads" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/paul-theroux-ft-27th-may-2011

[7]It Can Never Be As Bad In Fiction As It Is In Real Life
Links:
7. http://b.rw/kx0hcm

Ken Kesey | Letters Of Note | 25 May 2011

Author defends stage version of _One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest_. "People
who saw the play as being about a mental hospital are the sort that would
fault _Moby Dick_ for being an exaggerated story about a boat" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/it-can-never-be-bad-fiction-it-real-life

[9]One Hundred Years Of The Indy 500
Links:
9. http://b.rw/mqnwTQ

Charles Leerhsen | Smithsonian | 20 May 2011

Wonderful account of the first Indy 500 car race, held on 30 May 1911.
Thrilling, horrifying, at times comical but compelling reading throughout.
Features 40 daring drivers, dramatic crashes, confusion over the eventual
winner [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-hundred-years-indy-500

[11]I Was A 17-Year-Old Pornographer
Links:
11. http://b.rw/iGm7Pl

Steven Heller | Salon | 26 May 2011

Hapless former art director of New York Review of Sex (& Politics) tells
entertaining story of his arrest. "I told the police that my distributor
accused me of being the only person in New York who could make a sex paper
fail" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-was-17-year-old-pornographer

FiveBooks Interview

[13]Dambisa Moyo on The West vs The Rest
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dambisa-moyo-on-west-vs-rest

The author and economist argues that the West is in decline, the U.S. faces
structural unemployment, and authoritarian states like China are in many
ways better positioned to deal with financial busts