Newsletter 389
[5]As Atheists Know, You Can Be Good Without God
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oUtbKB
Jerry Coyne | USA Today | 31 July 2011
In praise of secular morality. Biologist knocks down arguments for God-given
morality, explains how human morality came about through evolution, secular
reasoning. Lucid, concise. Highly recommended [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/atheists-know-you-can-be-good-without-god
[7]Chemistry: The Human Science
Links:
7. http://b.rw/nuJDi5
Ashutosh Jogalekar | Scientific American | 2 August 2011
Wonderful essay in praise of crucial, potent, varied science of chemistry.
"Chemicals delight, enrage, tease, beguile, provoke, subdue, reward, bully,
soothe, punish, kill and save as directly and dramatically as human beings"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/chemistry-human-science
[9]A Murderer's Manifesto and Me
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oHdqBs
Phillip Longman | Foreign Policy | 1 August 2011
"Anders Behring Breivik, Norway's mass murderer, was a fan of my writing.
Here's what I found within his perverse 1,518-page manuscript. And here are
the two lessons I take from him and what he did" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/murderers-manifesto-and-me
[11]Turkey’s Generals Resign
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qCkQmf
Howard Eissenstat | Informed Comment | 2 August 2011
Good analysis of tension between the military and governing AKP. Problem is
that the healthy process of asserting civilian control is being undertaken
by a party that's intolerant of dissent and has been politicising the
bureacracy [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/turkey’s-generals-resign
[13]The Comeback That Wasn’t
Links:
13. http://b.rw/n9JXxI
Benjamin Wallace | New York | 31 July 2011
What happened when Martha Stewart came out of prison and returned to the
company that bears her name. It's a schadenfreude-laced tale featuring a
dysfunctional company, an impossible Martha and grotesque pay and expenses
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/comeback-wasn’t
[15]Cloud Spotting
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mYTyMv
Anonymous | BBC | 31 July 2011
A photo essay. Beautiful and instructive. Can you tell the difference
between altocumulus, stratocumulus and cirrostratus? Would you notice the
rare Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud? No? Me neither. This should help [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cloud-spotting
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Andrei Codrescu on Fantastical Tales
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrei-codrescu-on-fantastic-and-magical-tales
The Romanian-born poet tells us about his love for fantastic and magical
tales – particularly bloody ones with cannibalism, necrophilia and alienated
heroes [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrei-codrescu-on-fantastic-and-magical-tales
Featured Topic
[19]Climate Change
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Want to know how our planet is faring? Access the definitive reading list on
climate change, as recommended by Jonathan Porritt and others, and read
articles that will get you past the smoke and mirrors of Climategate
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Reader Recommendations
@[21]obitmag #[22]somethingtoread [23]#browsings Resting among the Movers &
Shakers: 3 stunning mausoleums—sans previous occupants—for
sale [24]ht.ly/5SYvd[25]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/obitmag
22. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#somethingtoread
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://ht.ly/5SYvd
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/terror-dream-by-susan-faludi
[27]The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/terror-dream-by-susan-faludi
[28]Maria Sveland says: "This is the book she wrote about how terrorism
started a backlash against women. I think she is the most important female
writer working now" [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/maria-sveland-on-feminism
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Astonish Me
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/astonish-me
A short film by Stephen Poliakoff about some of the world's most
extraordinary species
[31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Thomas Edison, on effort
Links:
32. http://www.values.com/inspirational-quotes/6225-When-You-Have-Exhausted-All-
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t"
[33]More quotes
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations