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