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