Newsletter 395
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]What Happened To Obama?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oXqxLZ
Drew Westen | NYT | 6 August 2011
Americans need their president to be a storyteller – to make sense of what
they're going through, understand what caused it, how it will end. Obama's
failure here is profound. Its effect even threatening to American democracy
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-happened-obama
[7]Beyond Space-Time
Links:
7. http://b.rw/oFyz9R
Amanda Gefter | New Scientist | 8 August 2011
Fascinating introduction to new theory of reality proposed by Canadian
physicists. Could lead to unification of general relativity and quantum
mechanics. This is Phase Space, a curious eight-dimensional world
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beyond-space-time
[9]Who Stole The Mona Lisa?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qpYmDg
Simon Kuper | Slate/FT | 7 August 2011
Great tale of theft of famous painting from Louvre in 1911. Security
eccentric, at best. More than a day passed before alarm was raised. Police
investigation stunningly incompetent. At one point, Picasso suspected
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/who-stole-mona-lisa
[11]Leap Of Faith
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qcCzJw
Ryan Lizza | New Yorker | 15 August 2011
Everything you need to know about Michele Bachmann, Tea Party insurgent and
2012 Republican contender. A woman who offers "a set of beliefs more extreme
than those of any American politician of her stature, including Sarah Palin"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/leap-faith
[13]Behind Every Murderous Man You'll Find A Loyal Spouse
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pPZ1Fi
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | Independent | 8 August 2011
Well-judged condemnation of dictators' wives. "When you are married to a man
who can make or break humans and entire nations, you have an obligation
beyond the marriage." Stand by a dishonourable man, share the blame, the
punishment [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/behind-every-murderous-man-youll-find-loyal-spouse
[15]Martin Beck Has A Cold
Links:
15. http://b.rw/ozCcvd
Rohan Maitzen | LA Review of Books | 5 August 2011
In praise of crime fiction. Particularly a 10-volume Swedish series
predating Mankell and Stieg Larsson. Offered a "slyly devastating critique
of the social and political condition of Sweden". Just don't call it crime
fiction [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/martin-beck-has-cold
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Jonathan Keates on Great Letter Writers
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-keates-on-great-letter-writers
Queen Victoria was anything but Victorian and Lord Byron was more vulnerable
than we think, says writer Jonathan Keates – who considers emails a poor
substitute for a hand-written correspondence [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-keates-on-great-letter-writers
Featured Topic
[19]Autism
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/autism
Leading academics, and parents with their own personal experiences of
autism, discuss what best to read on the disorder. Accompanied by a
selection of must-read articles [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/autism
Reader Recommendations
_@polit2k_ Mary Ann Sieghart: It's economics versus politics - Mary Ann
Sieghart - The Independent - [21]goo.gl/hDyLN _#gfc2 @masieghart
_[22]#browsings [23]More like this
Links:
21. http://goo.gl/hDyLN
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/grapes-wrath-by-john-steinbeck
[25]The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/grapes-wrath-by-john-steinbeck
[26]John Kerry says: “ If you wanted to pick a fictional work that has had a
profound impact on people’s attitudes to rights, it would be The Grapes of
Wrath”[27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-kerry-on-progressivism
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Move
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/move
One minute journey around the world with one second of footage in each
location
[29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Karl Smith, on suicide
Links:
30. http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/10/14/the-life-you-take-might-be-your-own
Even in America, the most violent industrialised country in the world, the
person most likely to kill you is yourself
[31]More quotes
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations