Newsletter 368

9 Jul 2011 • 3 min read

[5]Rebekah Brooks: The Queen of Willful Blindness
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nDHKnW

Margaret Heffernan | Huffington Post | 6 July 2011

If you want to learn about one discredited woman’s job being saved at the
expense of the biggest selling newspaper in the English-speaking world then
read this [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rebekah-brooks-queen-willful-blindness

[7]Before You Judge, Stand In Her Shoes
Links:
7. http://b.rw/ozSdcu

Mike McGovern | NYT | 5 July 2011

The plot thickens in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case in New York, but has
too much information been made public far too early, especially about the
alleged victim’s troubled background? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/you-judge-stand-her-shoes

[9]Elizabeth Warren, Champion Of Consumer Financial Protection
Links:
9. http://b.rw/onwqFO

Drake Bennett | Businessweek | 7 July 2011

Profile of public intellectual seeking to save US consumers from predatory
financial institutions. Despite opposition from bankers and Republicans
alike, the bureau she proposed is set for launch. But will they let her run
it? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-champion-consumer-financial-protection

[11]Women Of The Revolution
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qdwdog

Ghalia Qabbani | Majalla | 27 May 2011

You won’t stop the women of the revolution, and, in an excellent piece,
Ghalia Qabbani tells us why – even discussing the possibility of a female
president for Egypt [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/women-revolution

[13]To Catch An Assassin
Links:
13. http://b.rw/p3wIpB

K Muniyamma | Open | 9 July 2011

Recollections of woman who lived opposite the safe house used by Rajiv
Gandhi's killers in 1991. They bought milk from her. After the murder, one
was arrested, others committed suicide. Lovely piece of storytelling
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/catch-assassin

[15]Why Exercise Makes Us Feel Good
Links:
15. http://b.rw/o1DbcR

Gretchen Reynolds | NYT | 6 July 2011

Why do some people respond pathologically to stress while others seem
stress-resistant? It's one of the mysteries of mental illness. Recent
research conducted on mice suggests the beginnings of an answer [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-exercise-makes-us-feel-good

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Andrew Chaikin on Space Exploration
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-chaikin-on-space-exploration

As NASA’s space shuttle blasts off for the final time, the space historian
tells us about five books that capture the thrill and achievement of our
venturing into the great beyond [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-chaikin-on-space-exploration

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