Newsletter 421

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

[5]The Non-Scenic Route To The Place We’re Going Anyway
Links:
5. http://b.rw/p2usRz

John Lanchester | LRB | 1 September 2011

Would that we were like Belgium, the country of no government where growth
has remained relatively robust. Instead we, the West, are on course for a
decade of hard times and widely shared economic pain. Is there another way?
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/non-scenic-route-place-we’re-going-anyway

[7]Syria's Sons Of No One
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pP8IhL

Anthony Shadid | NYT | 31 August 2011

Detailed and gripping account of life with Syrian resistance. From firing
onions at security forces, they've gone past point of no return. "If we
don’t get rid of him, they’re going to come back at us with everything they
have" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/syrias-sons-no-one

[9]Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time
Links:
9. http://b.rw/n2DI2L

Sean Carroll | Cosmic Variance | 1 September 2011

Each one a cracker. "Time" is the most used noun in our language but it's
still a mystery. Oddly, we all live in the past – about 80 milliseconds
back. Stranger still, if we couldn't manipulate time, we couldn't have
consciousness [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ten-things-everyone-should-know-about-time

[11]Doubling In The Middle
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qK3t1q

Gregory Kornbluh | Believer | 1 September 2011

Profile of Barry Duncan, self-proclaimed master palindromist. A strange man
obsessed with reversing vocabulary, he writes hundreds of palindromes each
day, some as long as 400 words. Hates "doubling in the middle". Loves the
"3LVS" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/doubling-middle

[13]How AT&T Conquered The 20th Century
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pC9DB6

Matthew Lasar | Ars Technica | 1 September 2011

Lots to enjoy in this history of AT&T's stellar growth and monopolisation of
American telephony market. Not least its immortal early advice on phone
etiquette: "Speak directly into mouthpiece, keeping moustache out of the
opening" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-att-conquered-20th-century

[15]The Towns Italy Forgot
Links:
15. http://b.rw/rtjOgY

Miriam Murphy | National Geographic | 7 August 2011

Charming piece of travel writing. On the novel hotel concept "albergo
diffuso" that is breathing new life into many of Italy's abandoned hill
towns. "Visitors become part of the community—even, at times, the community"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/towns-italy-forgot

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Lloyd Gardner on Egypt and America
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lloyd-gardner-on-egypt-and-america

The historian reflects on the past 60 years of American involvement in Egypt
and tells us, after the Arab Spring, what may make the coming years
different [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lloyd-gardner-on-egypt-and-america