Newsletter 393

[5]Interview: Tzipi Livni
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oHsDT6

James Bennet And Jeffrey Goldberg | Atlantic | 5 August 2011

Opposition leader says Netanyahu is "weakening Israel". Trying to turn it
into a "Jewish ghetto". Driving Israel and America apart. Not adapting to
changing fundamentals. "What was morally obvious in 1948 is not so obvious
anymore" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/interview-tzipi-livni

[7]Don't Give Up
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qyS53P

Nilofer Merchant | HBR | 3 August 2011

Moving, personal piece. "Business is full of stories of perseverance and
pursuit — of the almost-failed hero who didn't quit when times were dark.
Those stories admonish quitters, and honor the survivors. I should know. I
am both" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-give

[9]Last Of The Aryans
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qWiQrL

Shubhangi Swarup | Open | 5 August 2011

Brokpa tribe of Kashmir are reputedly the world's last "pure-bred Aryans".
May be descendants of Alexander the Great's army. Hate cows and chickens.
Live a long time. Eat vegan. Practice fraternal polyandry. Venerate Juniper
trees [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/last-aryans

[11]Mad Scientist Of Smut
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oFFEEZ

Charles McGrath | NYT | 4 August 2011

Profile of novelist Nicholson Baker. Who has a white beard. Wears round,
owlish glasses. Blushes when he talks of sex. And has written some of the
filthiest literary novels ever published, including his latest, "House of
Holes" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mad-scientist-smut

[13]Famine In Somalia: It's The Politics... Stupid
Links:
13. http://b.rw/n4nZNN

Richard Dowden | African Arguments | 28 July 2011

"Drought can cause food shortages, price rises. But it does not
automatically mean famine. Famine is caused by politics – when war or
governments prevent people moving or trading." Here's how present, failed
policy should be changed [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/famine-somalia-its-politics-stupid

[15]Private Robot Armies And The Future Of War
Links:
15. http://b.rw/rlKGo8

Greg Lindsay | Fast Company | 1 August 2011

In a decade or so the world's armies, terrorists and hobbyists will own
thousands if not millions of cheap drones, piloted by algorithms. Scary
enough. But what if a bot-net hijacks them? Traditional and cyber warfare
converge [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/private-robot-armies-and-future-war

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Marc Lynch on Origins of the Arab Uprising
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/marc-lynch-on-origins-arab-uprising

The Middle East scholar tells us what to read if we’re to understand where
upheaval in the Arab world came from, and where it’s going [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/marc-lynch-on-origins-arab-uprising