Newsletter 404
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Is The SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qlEx3A
Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone | 17 August 2011
On recent allegations that the SEC has been systematically destroying
records of investigations. "Federal regulators have weighted down a huge
sack of Wall Street's dirty laundry and dumped it in a lake, never to be
seen again" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sec-covering-wall-street-crimes
[7]We Have Been Here Before
Links:
7. http://b.rw/oa1go5
Bagehot | Economist | 16 August 2011
Brief history of moral panic in Britain. One gem: "Morals of children are
tenfold worse than formerly" amid a "preposterous epidemic of hybrid negro
songs". No, not gangsta rap-inspired mayhem. Try a parliamentary debate in
1842 [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/we-have-been-here
[9]The Patent System Isn’t Broken – We Are
Links:
9. http://b.rw/rlyKuc
Nilay Patel | This Is My Next | 11 August 2011
It's simplistic to say the patent system is broken. That technology has
shown its flaws and is beyond repair. "The problem isn’t software patents
— the problem is that software patents don’t actually exist" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/patent-system-isn’t-broken-–-we-are
[11]Horror Stories From Tough-Love Teen Homes
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ny03d9
Kathryn Joyce | Mother Jones | 15 August 2011
Idea of regulating faith-based institutions is taboo in America. This
powerful piece of writing reveals disturbing abuse in Missouri religious
teen homes. Makes that taboo impossible to understand [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/horror-stories-tough-love-teen-homes
[13]Machisma: Brazil's Girl Power
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pUV3ka
Cythia Gorney | National Geographic | 16 August 2011
In two generations Brazil's fertility rate has plummeted. Families used to
be size of football teams. Now, rich or poor, it's two children at most. One
reason: Unregulated pharmacies. Another: The influence of TV soap-operas
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/machisma-brazils-girl-power
[15]Architectures Of Violence: Famine And Profits
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mVoMuC
David Nally | Al Jazeera | 16 August 2011
Why do we view the scarcity of food as a crime that has no perpetrator? The
very language we use to describe famine and starvation reveals our
unwillingness to assign blame. But there are culprits. Ones we would do well
to recognise [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/architectures-violence-famine-and-profits
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Mark Tully on India
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mark-tully-on-india
The veteran journalist, who has lived in India for most of his life, talks
about the country’s new-found self-confidence and recommends books to better
understand its history and complexities [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mark-tully-on-india
Featured Topic
[19]Popular Science
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Black holes, DIY bio-engineering, aliens and more. Interviews and articles
from many of the biggest names in Science. No prior knowledge necessary
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Reader Recommendations
MT [21]@Nouriel: [22]@zerohedge: David Rosenberg's 12 Bullet Points
Confirming The Double Dip Is Here [23]http://t.co/x2wnqpr [24]#gfc2
[25]#browsings [26]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/Nouriel
22. http://twitter.com/zerohedge
23. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/david-rosenbergs-12-bullet-points-confirming-double-dip-here
24. https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essence-chocolate-by-john-scharffenberger-and-robert-steinberg
[28]The Essence of Chocolate by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essence-chocolate-by-john-scharffenberger-and-robert-steinberg
[29]David Lebovitz says: "The book is great because it has recipes, but it
also talks about what chocolate is and how various cultures use it."
[30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essence-chocolate-by-john-scharffenberger-and-robert-steinberg
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Another 50 Renowned Academics Speaking About God
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/another-50-renowned-academics-speaking-about-god
Featuring Richard Dawkins, Massimo Pigliucci, Lewis Wolpert, Sean Carroll
and many others
[32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Neal Gabler, on thinking
Links:
33. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/the-elusive-big-idea.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
"We prefer knowing to thinking, because knowing has more immediate value"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations