Newsletter 359
[5]America's Right: All At Sea
Links:
5. http://b.rw/iMWhPN
Adam Haslett | Prospect | 22 June 2011
Recently ungated piece in which writer describes his time on an evangelical
cruise headed for Alaska. Star attraction: Mike Huckabee. Subject under
consideration: Can the Republicans find someone to unseat a vulnerable
Obama? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/americas-right-all-sea
[7]Art Of The Deal
Links:
7. http://b.rw/lpPZ5W
Liz Mermin | Caravan | 30 June 2011
David Headley helped plan terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008. He was
arrested in 2009 in US on his way to murder staff at Jyllands-Posten
newspaper in Copenhagen. But for years, he's been a FBI informant. That may
save his skin [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/art-deal
[9]Collars For Dollars
Links:
9. http://b.rw/kaViLh
Peter Moskos | Reason | 29 June 2011
Ex-policeman says America's "war on drugs" degrades policing. "It’s
difficult to find a good criminal. There’s never a felon around when you
need one. Fishing for low-level drug arrests is a far easier way to generate
overtime" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/collars-dollars
[11]Tyson Projected
Links:
11. http://b.rw/jTKR8x
Avi Steinberg | n+1 | 29 June 2011
Unexpectedly interesting profile of youngest heavyweight champion in
history. Focuses on trainer Cus D'Amato's psychological view of boxing and
effect on Tyson. Disliked, often hid his face. Now part-covers it with
tattoo [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tyson-projected
[13]Searching For Something Good to Say About India
Links:
13. http://b.rw/ltvtVH
Manu Joseph | NYT | 29 June 2011
Indian writer says accounts of his country's economic miracle have been
greatly exaggerated. Growth has been a function of rich-country demand.
There isn't enough homegrown talent to build competitive new domestic
industries [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/searching-something-good-say-about-india
[15]Bruce Springsteen's Eulogy For Clarence Clemons
Links:
15. http://b.rw/jejZs8
Bruce Springsteen | Rolling Stone | 29 June 2011
"I saw my pal striding out of the shadows, a path opening up before him;
here comes my brother, my sax man, my partner, my lifelong friend. Clarence
doesn’t leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when _we_ die"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bruce-springsteens-eulogy-clarence-clemons
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Steven Kaplan on the History of Food
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-kaplan-on-history-food
The history professor tells us about the power of food – from body and blood
of Christ and act of seduction to means of social control and weapon of war
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-kaplan-on-history-food
Featured Topic
[19]Football
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
A collection of hand-picked articles and interviews with leading authorities
on the biggest sport in the world [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k Christine Lagarde And The Demand For Dollars « The Baseline
Scenario - [22]goo.gl/oxZuS [23]#browsings @[24]nppolicyanalyst
@[25]baselinescene #[26]I[27]MF [28]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://baselinescenario.com/2011/06/30/christine-lagarde-and-the-demand-for-dollars
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://twitter.com/nppolicyanalyst
25. http://twitter.com/baselinescene
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#IMF
27. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#IMF
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[29]Book of the Day
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/cairo-trilogy-palace-walk-palace-desire-sugar-street-by-naguib-mahfouz
[30]The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/cairo-trilogy-palace-walk-palace-desire-sugar-street-by-naguib-mahfouz
[31]Tarek Osman says: "Mahfouz brilliantly dissects the rich life of the
middle class of that multifaceted city"
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tarek-osman-on-arab-world
[32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[33]Savant Learns Icelandic In A Week
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/savant-learns-icelandic-week
Daniel Tammet, writer and genius, adds a tenth language to his repertoire
[34]More videos
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[35]Jimmy Page, on nutrition
Links:
35. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6696852/in-evening
"I'm not into solid foods very much. I prefer to eat liquid food,
something like a banana daiquiri"
[36]More quotes
Links:
36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations