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