Newsletter 409
[1]The Browser
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1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Top Ten Myths About The Libya War
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nhgU5a
Juan Cole | Informed Comment | 22 August 2011
With the Gaddafi regime on the way out and an uncertain future looming, it's
worth taking a moment to review the Libya conflict. Good backgrounder that
sets some arguments, mistaken analyses of past few months to rest
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/top-ten-myths-about-libya-war
[7]Partners
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7. http://b.rw/pwwrsF
Jeffrey Toobin | New Yorker | 22 August 2011
Is it really 20 years since Clarence Thomas won his tumultuous battle to
become a US Supreme Court justice? This long, informative assessment calls
him probably the most conservative justice to serve on the court since the
1930s [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/partners
[9]'Rioting Has Been A London Tradition For Centuries'
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9. http://b.rw/njwHRP
Peter Ackroyd | Independent | 22 August 2011
Chronicler of London suggests William Blake would have joined in riots. TS
Eliot would have downed another drink in horror. Thomas More would have
tried to keep the peace. Dickens would have written an epic [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rioting-has-been-london-tradition-centuries
[11]Tim Berners-Lee
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oaULE2
John Naish | New Statesman | 15 August 2011
Enjoyable profile of the man who built the Internet. Unshakeable in his
belief that web must remain open and available to all. “I wanted to build a
creative space, something like a sandpit where everyone could play together"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tim-berners-lee
[13]Swamp Dreams
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13. http://b.rw/nU1TVk
Robert Sullivan | New York | 21 August 2011
On plans to turn mosquito-infested wasteland in New Jersey, filled with
botched building schemes, into world's largest shopping and entertainment
centre. "I don’t know which is worse—if it fails or if it succeeds," says
one critic [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/swamp-dreams
[15]In Father's Memory, Fighting To Stay In Britain
Links:
15. http://b.rw/oU2tXk
Nina Bernstein | NYT | 20 August 2011
"Like a cross between Charles Dickens and Zadie Smith" says Felix Salmon, of
this glimpse into Britain's broken asylum system. Miserable tale of teenage
Angolan orphan facing prison and deportation after making new life in UK
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fathers-memory-fighting-stay-britain
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Arabella Lennox-Boyd on Garden Design
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/arabella-lennox-boyd-on-garden-design
The award-winning garden designer recommends essential books for any budding
gardener, and reveals why trees are the backbone of any good garden [18]Read
on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/arabella-lennox-boyd-on-garden-design
Featured Topic
[19]Revolution In Libya
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/revolution-libya
With rebels in control of much of Tripoli, the battle to remove Colonel
Gaddafi is reaching its endgame. Read our selection of articles about the
Libyan leader's brutal 42-year rule and the revolt that's raising hopes of a
better future [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/revolution-libya
Reader Recommendations
_@MeganBuskey_ Fascinating interview with scholar of memory studies
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21. http://t.co/pkpkPOh
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/wake-wind-by-j-california-cooper
[25]The Wake of the Wind by J California Cooper
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/wake-wind-by-j-california-cooper
[26]Attica Locke says: “It’s a beautiful sweeping story about how a recently
emancipated people struggled for their version of the American dream”
[27]FiveBooks Archive
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26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/attica-locke-on-texas
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]The Secret Cricketer
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/secret-cricketer
What happened when a former England captain played in disguise for the worst
team in Britain
[29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Rodney Dangerfield, on getting older
Links:
30. http://www.gourmandizer.com/ezine/albini
I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact,
I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations