Newsletter 383

26 Jul 2011 • 3 min read

[5]Smash The Ceiling
Links:
5. http://b.rw/p0OiiB

James Surowiecki | New Yorker | 25 July 2011

Crisp analysis. Debt ceiling should be eliminated. Comprehensive budget
resolutions make it an anachronism. "The only reason we need to lift the
debt ceiling, after all, is to pay for spending that Congress has already
authorized" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/smash-ceiling

[7]Consequences Of A Moderated Far Right In Europe
Links:
7. http://b.rw/ph9HvC

Anonymous | Stratfor / Real Clear World | 26 July 2011

On Anders Behring Breivik. "The irony for Europe is that the same process
that brings the far right into the mainstream leaves its most extremist
elements without the moderating influences of their now supposedly
legitimate peers" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/consequences-moderated-far-right-europe

[9]Evolution Right Under Our Noses
Links:
9. http://b.rw/r7vOQQ

Carl Zimmer | NYT | 25 July 2011

Super feature on the field biologists who study urban evolution. "Jason
Munshi-South has tracked elephants in central Africa and proboscis monkeys
in the wilds of Borneo. But for his most recent expedition, he took the A
train" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolution-right-under-our-noses

[11]Bigamist Duke And His Three Wives
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qFjsOD

Philip Sherwell | Telegraph | 24 July 2011

Perhaps you have to be interested in bigamist dukes to get the most out of
this one, but if you are, it really is a treat. Starring the impoverished
Duke of Manchester, a spearfishing gun, a model, a bar, and Michael Jackson
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bigamist-duke-and-his-three-wives

[13]Greece Needs A New Political Culture
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rbkzC5

Gideon Rachman | FT | 25 July 2011

Greek elites accept that country has to change. Political system seen as
corrupt. Economy in fourth year of recession. But sense of entitlement and
inertia endures. Still feels as though everybody wants a subsidy from the
state [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greece-needs-new-political-culture

[15]Neglecting The Lithuanian Holocaust
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nRai6D

Timothy Snyder | NYRB | 25 July 2011

Holocaust memorial defaced with the words "Hitler was right". Nobody seems
to have noticed or cared much. Tells you plenty about Lithuania's
indifference to its Holocaust history. Outrage is reserved for victims of
Soviet occupation [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/neglecting-lithuanian-holocaust

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pakistan’s History and Identity
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pakistan’s-history-and-identity

India’s first-ever consul general to Karachi says Pakistan is not a failed
state. He is convinced that its middle class will save it from the Taliban,
and that it can engage with India and set aside historic hostilities
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pakistan’s-history-and-identity

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