Newsletter 419

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

[5]Nato Must Help Us!
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qkHFUP

Wolfgang Bauer | Zeit | 31 August 2011

Extraordinary report by German journalist of secret travels in Syria and
meetings with protest leaders. Even hospitals aren't safe for dissidents:
“You come in with a bullet in your leg. And you come out with a bullet in
your head" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nato-must-help-us

[7]The God Clause
Links:
7. http://b.rw/r9DHB5

Brendan Greeley | Businessweek | 1 September 2011

Detailed report on the reinsurance industry. Interesting throughout. Unlike
politicians, think-tanks and activists, reinsurers "have no incentive to
mislead. Their choices on risk are necessarily aligned with the pursuit of
truth" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/god-clause

[9]A Radical New Deal For Britain And Europe
Links:
9. http://b.rw/rk2T3A

Charles Crawford | Commentator | 31 August 2011

Wonderful, imaginary version of the speech David Cameron would never give on
Europe. "Europe used to export its wars. Now it exports its incompetence.
The time has come to redefine the UK’s relationship with the European Union"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/radical-new-deal-britain-and-europe

[11]Why China Can’t Quit Smoking
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oZmAJ2

Mike Frick | Danwei | 30 August 2011

Notes from the tobacco harvest around Gejiu city in Yunnan province, where
the lung cancer rate is the highest in China. Lively and informative
throughout. Tobacco industry is strong and smart, farmers and regulation are
weak [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-china-can’t-quit-smoking

[13]How Football Helped Me To Live With Depression
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nWNXNw

John Crace | Guardian | 31 August 2011

It's a game of two halves, and so is this compelling piece. Half about the
masochistic satisfaction of supporting a team where glory is glimpsed,
rarely attained. And half about the author's experience of dealing with
depression [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-football-helped-me-live-depression

[15]What Is Time?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mXQ06o

Marianne Freiberger | +Plus | 23 August 2011

Useful backgrounder for non-physicists. What it is, why it isn't the same
for everyone, what can distort it, why it has a direction and how you can
argue it doesn't exist at all. Featuring Newton, Einstein, quantum mechanics
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-time

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Simon Pirani on Putin’s Russia
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-pirani-on-putin’s-russia

Vladimir Putin has crafted a careful narrative about his rise to power and
rescuing of Russia. The trouble, says author and academic Simon Pirani, is
it isn’t true [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-pirani-on-putin’s-russia