Newsletter 370

11 Jul 2011 • 3 min read

[5]'Little Gitmo'
Links:
5. http://b.rw/rg7CIm

Christopher Stewart | New York | 10 July 2011

In 2004 Yassin Aref was caught in an FBI sting in upstate New York. He was
about to become the latest inmate in a secretive prison called a
Communication Management Unit, where an estimated 70% of the inmates are
Muslim [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/little-gitmo

[7]Murdoch: Network Defeats Hierarchy
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qmLTOE

Paul Mason | BBC | 10 July 2011

Chomsky was right, at least about News Corp: the mass media is a propaganda
machine. News Corp propaganda was all about maintaining Rupert Murdoch's
power. Now the spell is broken. Taboo is gone. We can ask how it ever
happened [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/murdoch-network-defeats-hierarchy

[9]Short-Termism
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oTvcG3

Sheila Bair | Washington Post | 8 July 2011

"Our financial markets remain too focused on quick profits, and our
political process is driven by its relentless demands for fundraising." So
did our culture of short-termism impede efforts to prevent a financial
crisis? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/short-termism

[11]MI6 In My Day
Links:
11. http://b.rw/pAUYvo

John Le Carré | Mail On Sunday | 10 July 2011

Reminiscences pegged to the remake of "Tinker, Tailor" with Gary Oldman in
the Alec Guinness role. "You’ve got to have spies, but the important thing
is that you’re not enchanted by them. Use them and don’t let them use you"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mi6-my-day

[13]The Good Short Life
Links:
13. http://b.rw/oHgEg6

Dudley Clendinen | NYT | 9 July 2011

Lou Gehrig's disease sufferer on death, suicide, the comfort of friends.
"From the outside, it looks like the ripple of piano keys in the muscles
under my skin. From the inside, it feels like anxious butterflies, trying to
get out" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/good-short-life

[15]Summit Fever
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qklQ4T

Tom Robbins | FT | 9 July 2011

Fancy taking part in a sportive? FT's travel editor tests his mental and
physical strength on the "'Marmotte", a gruelling one-day cycling challenge
in the French Alps. Most popular with mamils (middle-aged men in lycra)
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/summit-fever

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Gregory Long on Gardening
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gregory-long-on-gardening

The president of the New York Botanical Garden tells us about the books that
all aspiring gardeners should have on their bookshelves, from reference
works to the most fun guide to making the best of your garden [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gregory-long-on-gardening

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