Newsletter 414

27 Aug 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]One More Thing...
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nivOos

MG Siegler | TechCrunch | 26 August 2011

Super piece on timing of Jobs's resignation. Lovely tribute with an
interesting angle on his claim that "Apple’s brightest and most innovative
days are ahead of it”. Has he left Tim Cook a new range of magical products
to launch? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-more-thing

[7]Dr King Weeps From His Grave
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qQFXQM

Cornel West | NYT | 26 August 2011

"The age of Obama has fallen tragically short of fulfilling King’s prophetic
legacy." No radical democratic vision or standing up for the poor, rather
record profits for Wall Street and giant budget cuts inflicted on the
vulnerable [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dr-king-weeps-his-grave

[9]An American Drug Lord in Acapulco
Links:
9. http://b.rw/nIqr0z

Vanessa Grigoriadis & Mary Cuddehe | Rolling Stone | 25 August 2011

The story of Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez Villarreal: Middle-class jock from
suburban Texas who rose to the top of one of Mexico's most powerful drug
cartels. Only US citizen on state department list of targeted drug barons
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/american-drug-lord-acapulco

[11]Why The Palestinians Can’t Recognize The Jewish State
Links:
11. http://b.rw/nrrUDE

Ahmad Samih Khalidi | Mondoweiss | 24 August 2011

It's a simple question, asked repeatedly of Palestinian leaders by Benjamin
Netanyahu. You may think it sounds reasonable. You may also think he keeps
asking it because he knows the Palestinians can't say "yes". Here's why not
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-palestinians-can’t-recognize-jewish-state

[13]Held Hostage
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pBOQeo

Aaron Greenspan | Think Computer | 15 August 2011

On the Kafkaesque regulation of payments companies in America. Academic
paper. Sub-title gets point across neatly: "How the Banking Sector Has
Distorted Financial Regulation and Destroyed Technological Progress"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/held-hostage

[15]How Hard Is It To Get A Cartoon Into The New Yorker?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/o0likr

James Sturm | Slate | 25 August 2011

It's hard. Cartoonists queue up each Tuesday morning to make their pitches
to Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor. Rejection is the norm. You have to have the
sensibility. You have to be distinctive. Not enough to have even a good gag
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-hard-it-get-cartoon-new-yorker

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Misha Glenny on Cyber Security
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/misha-glenny-on-cyber-security

There's an unseen, mostly unacknowledged cyber war going on. The author of
_Dark Market_ tells us who's involved, how far it spreads and what could
happen if we let it continue unchecked [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/misha-glenny-on-cyber-security

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