Newsletter 388

1 Aug 2011 • 3 min read

[5]Murdoch Hacked Us Too
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nEZV2i

Frank Rich | New York | 31 July 2011

Superb, excoriating attack on News Corp. Not just a UK issue. Says America
is in denial about extent of Murdoch empire's negative influence. And
there's a lot more to it than mere tabloid vulgarity and right-wing
attack-dog politics [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/murdoch-hacked-us-too

[7]America Wounded, Europe Risks Death
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qu9Dw6

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Telegraph | 31 July 2011

"My recurring nightmare ever since the Western debt edifice began to crumble
four years ago is that the denouement would track the events of mid-1931. A
string of countries retreated into variants of autarky, or fascism, or both"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/america-wounded-europe-risks-death

[9]Getting Bin Laden
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pP1JdT

Nicholas Schmidle | New Yorker | 1 August 2011

The most detailed account to date of what happened that night in Abbottabad.
Tense, powerful piece of writing describing the planning, build-up and
execution of America's special forces raid on the world's most wanted man
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/getting-bin-laden

[11]Ultimate Logic: To Infinity And Beyond
Links:
11. http://b.rw/pvkmM6

Richard Elwes | New Scientist | 1 August 2011

One mathematician believes he has cracked "the continuum hypothesis", a
century-old problem to do with nature of infinity. How? "Not by using
mathematics as we know it, but by building a new, radically stronger logical
structure" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ultimate-logic-infinity-and-beyond

[13]Ginsberg's Failure
Links:
13. http://b.rw/ohz2Gp

Steve Silberman | Longshot | 1 August 2011

Fond memoir of the poet in middle age. "Now that I'm nearly the age that
Ginsberg was that summer, I can see what he saw. Much of the hectic yearning
and anxious industry of young people is an effort to cover up a hole in the
world" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ginsbergs-failure

[15]Crashing Down
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qCVxBF

Brad Melekian | Outside | 1 August 2011

Pro surfing wants to be seen as a legitimate sporting event, with the same
marketing potential as, say, professional golf. But it has a problem. Drugs.
This is the story of three-time world champion Andy Irons, who died last
year [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/crashing-down

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Helen Dillon on Gardening
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-dillon-on-garden

The gardening expert recommends five books that have influenced her, from
300 year old gardening tips to the difficulty of describing flowers [18]Read
on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-dillon-on-garden

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