Newsletter 424
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Should Democrats Play By Republican Rules?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/mRKlm6
Bruce Bartlett | NYT | 6 September 2011
Rewarding essay standing back from the fray to examine nature of party
politics, polarisation of debate on the economy. Republican narrative now
dominant. Writer, who worked under Reagan and Bush 41, sees danger to
greater good [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/should-democrats-play-republican-rules
[7]Freedom To Riot
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rowaz8
Eric Michael Johnson | Scientific American | 6 September 2011
Riots have shaken the world this year from London to the Middle East. Is
there a way to explain collective violence by turning to evolutionary
anthropology? Looking at primates provides some interesting clues to
rioters' behaviour [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/freedom-riot
[9]Neuroscience vs Philosophy
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pJwUDU
Kerri Smith | Nature | 31 August 2011
A debate is raging between philosophers and scientists over nature of free
will. Neuroscientists say they can prove it is an illusion. But philosophers
aren't buying this. Here's a detailed account of the latest developments
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/neuroscience-vs-philosophy
[11]The Girl From Trails End
Links:
11. http://b.rw/nOlFST
Kathy Dobie | GQ | 6 September 2011
Well-told, thoroughly disturbing story of a Texas gang rape case. And the
reaction in the community when it became known that the 11-year-old victim
was Hispanic and all nineteen defendants were black [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/girl-trails-end
[13]How We Find Healing Through Sports
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pgUPII
Tommy Tomlinson | ESPN | 6 September 2011
Lovely piece, pegged to 9/11 anniversary, on the restorative power, benefits
of spectator sport. "The games absorb us. And sometimes that's what we need.
We need something to soak us up. We need to get carried away" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-we-find-healing-through-sports
[15]Finding Inspiration In Hume
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qLICxW
Peter Millican | TPM | 6 September 2011
Why studying Hume is still essential today: "Secure building for the future
requires learning from the past, and the history of philosophical fashion
demonstrates the folly of putting all one’s eggs into currently popular
baskets" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/finding-inspiration-hume
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Eric Olsen on How to Write
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
From their egos and anxieties to the way they work, writers have more in
common than we might think. The journalist and editor takes us inside the
writing process and reveals who gives the best advice for aspiring authors
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
Featured Topic
[19]9/11: Ten Years On
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/911-ten-years
It's now a decade since the shocking and tragic events of 9/11. How did we
get to here and what have we learnt? We've collected some of the best
writing reflecting on the legacy of the attacks for America and the world
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/911-ten-years
Reader Recommendations
@[21]henrylf Great infographic comparing work hours around the
world [22]t.co/eAwcGUq [23]#browsings [24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/henrylf
22. http://flavorwire.com/206450/awesome-infographic-who-works-the-most-around-the-world
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/english-revolution-1688-1689-by-gm-trevelyan
[26]The English Revolution 1688-1689 by GM Trevelyan
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/english-revolution-1688-1689-by-gm-trevelyan
[27]Steven Pincus says: “The significance for him of England’s Revolution
was its moderation and that moderate change had extremely beneficial
long-term outcomes”
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-pincus-on-english-revolution-1688
[28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]I'm A VC
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/im-vc
"It takes more than PowerPoint slides to impress me. I'm a VC, who are you?"
[30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Anne Applebaum, on the post-9/11 decade
Links:
31. http://www.slate.com/id/2302754
"Could it be that the planes that hit New York and Washington did less
damage to the nation than the cascade of bad decisions that followed?"
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations