Newsletter 378
[5]The War For Catch-22
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oLfyaW
Tracy Daugherty | Vanity Fair | 21 June 2011
On the complex genesis of great anti-war book. Started off as Catch-18.
Proof sent to Evelyn Waugh, who replied: "I am sorry that the book
fascinates you so much. It has many passages quite unsuitable to a lady’s
reading" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/war-catch-22
[7]How Khan Academy Is Changing The Rules Of Education
Links:
7. http://b.rw/oKfkgZ
Clive Thompson | Wired | 15 July 2011
Story of education website that offers free video tutorials tailored to
students of differing abilities. “We’ve always known that one-on-one is the
best way to learn, but we’ve never been able to figure out how to do it"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-khan-academy-changing-rules-education
[9]Realpolitik In A Fantasy World
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oDj703
Alyssa Rosenberg | Foreign Policy | 18 July 2011
George RR Martin's "Ice and Fire" fantasy novels incorporate a highly
sophisticated understanding of real-world foreign policy, albeit with
admixtures of magic and zombies. The underlying theme is sovereignty: Who
rules, and why [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/realpolitik-fantasy-world
[11]In Egypt, Fighting For A $50-A-Month Factory Job
Links:
11. http://b.rw/o9RngK
Tarek El-Tablawy & Marjorie Olster | JD News/AP | 17 July 2011
Factory workers block road to protest over unpaid wages. The result? "'Run
them over. The blood money for each one is 50 pounds ($8).' The engine
revved, once, then a second time. On the third time, the truck lurched
forward" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/egypt-fighting-50-month-factory-job
[13]America’s First Great Global Warming Debate
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pLRLCv
Joshua Kendall | Smithsonian | 15 July 2011
Arguing about global warming is no new fad. Webster, of dictionary fame,
debated the issue with Jefferson back in 1799. A time when Pliny and Horace
provided "the data to ascertain the ancient climate of Italy with great
precision” [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/america’s-first-great-global-warming-debate
[15]Star-Crossed
Links:
15. http://b.rw/pSXIOR
James Boxell | FT | 15 July 2011
Michelin red guides can add 30% to starred restaurants' takings. In business
since 1900. Enormous accumulated prestige. But they also lose lots of money.
Can the parent company make them pay, without degrading the brand?
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/star-crossed
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Sean Carroll on Cosmology
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sean-carroll-on-cosmology
The theoretical cosmologist discusses five books about space, time and the
universe that even the science-shy can understand and enjoy [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sean-carroll-on-cosmology
Featured Topic
[19]American Progressivism
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/american-progressivism-0
In the coming weeks, we’re interviewing 10 politicians, economists,
historians and journalists with the aim of understanding what it means to be
a progressive, or a liberal, in today’s America. The first interviews are
below. We’ll be adding a new interview each Sunday, so do come back to see
how the series develops. Series co-edited by Neera Tanden, chief operating
officer, Center for American Progress [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/american-progressivism-0
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k Behind Rupert and James Murdoch's gloss, an intensely serious
defence | Media | The Guardian - [22]goo.gl/5zm3l [23]#browsings [24]More
like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/19/rupert-james-murdoch-gloss-defence?INTCMP=SRCH
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/art-and-science-wine-by-james-halliday-and-hugh-johnson
[26]The Art and Science of Wine by James Halliday and Hugh Johnson
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/art-and-science-wine-by-james-halliday-and-hugh-johnson
[27]Randall Grahm says: "There are other winemaking books, but if you have
one wine book on a desert island this would probably be the one that you
want or need" [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Running On Empty (Revisited)
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/running-empty-revised
How would Los Angeles look without cars? Well, to judge from this, it
depends on what you think about empty roads [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Stephen Toulmin's Law of Reading
Links:
31. http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/sunday-reading-12
"The effort the writer does not put into writing, the reader has to put
into reading"
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations