Newsletter 437

20 Sep 2011 • 3 min read

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

[5]The Convictions Of Conrad Black
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qPOBzo

Bryan Burrough | Vanity Fair | 20 September 2011

Media mogul speaks out on Hollinger, the justice system, his incarceration
and future. "Whatever you may think of Black, his candour on just about
every conceivable topic is not only surprising but practically
unprecedented" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/convictions-conrad-black

[7]Number One With A Bullet
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pEIG5V

Rowan Jacobsen | Outside | 19 September 2011

The poacher shot the rhino dead. Lopped off her horn. And fled. But forest
guards were onto him. And "unlike most guards in most parks in India, they
were armed. And they had license to kill." Welcome to the future of
conservation [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/number-one-bullet

[9]Marry – Or Else
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pfw9gK

Michelle Goldberg | Newsweek | 18 September 2011

On the spread of forced marriages and honour killings across Britain and the
US. “There is legislation that exclusively addresses this issue in
developing countries." Now too in the UK. But not yet in America. Time to
change? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/marry-–-or-else

[11]Harold Bloom, Shaman
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qQu3WT

William Deresiewicz | New Republic | 14 September 2011

He may be "a blowhard, the promulgator in indigestible prose of theories
both empty and obscure". Or "the critic of the age". Still, he has given us
"more than 50 years of brilliance, boldness, bombast, bathos, and bullshit"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/harold-bloom-shaman

[13]Debunking The Cul-de-Sac
Links:
13. http://b.rw/orapKQ

Emily Badger | Atlantic Cities | 19 September 2011

Safest cities in America are the ones incorporated before 1930, when streets
were laid out in grids. Fashion and regulation shifted then to favouring
winding streets and cul-de-sacs. Which turn out to be inefficient and
dangerous [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/debunking-cul-de-sac

[15]Obituary: Ginger McCain
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nPdqLO

Anonymous | Telegraph | 19 September 2011

Lovely, anecdote-filled tribute to great character of British horseracing.
Synonymous with his best horse, Red Rum, bought when McCain was broke and
horse was lame. Trained on the beach, won Grand National unprecedented three
times [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-ginger-mccain

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Jasmin Darznik on Modern Iran
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jasmin-darznik-on-modern-iran

Everyday life in Iran is often mischaracterised, says the Iranian author and
academic – especially when it comes to the struggles of its women. She
recommends five books that give us a window on Iranian history and family
life [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jasmin-darznik-on-modern-iran

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