Newsletter 441
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]My Father Was a Communist
Links:
5. http://b.rw/pGVQyy
Erik Tarloff | Atlantic | 21 September 2011
The son of a Hollywood screenwriter blacklisted in the McCarthy era takes an
unsentimental look at a time when Americans were investigated and punished
by their government "solely for what they thought" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-father-was-communist
[7]Libya: The Losers
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7. http://b.rw/oQVtnO
Max Rodenbeck | NYRB | 22 September 2011
Vignettes of Qaddafi's generals, in Libya, after the revolution. Grumbling,
stripped of their luxuries, and at the mercy of the triumphant rebels. But
no news of Qaddafi himself. "He will never stop. He's gotten used to
killing" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/libya-losers
[9]How Wine Became Metropolitan
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pZjcIp
Nicola Twilley | Edible Geography | 7 September 2011
A revelation over a glass of Beaujolais at Chez Panisse in Berkeley launches
architectural theorist David Gissen into a journey of discovery -- both
oenological and cartographic -- among the winemakers of France [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-wine-became-metropolitan
[11]Particles Break Light-Speed Limit
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qGY3d1
Geoff Brumfiel | Nature | 23 September 2011
Researchers in Italy claim to have timed neutrinos travelling faster than
the speed of light. If true, this would invalidate Einstein's special theory
of relativity. And most of modern physics with it. So we should be sceptical
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/particles-break-light-speed-limit
[13]At Iowa Methodist Hospital My Mother Died from A Strep Infection Of The
Brain
Links:
13. http://b.rw/mSOcpM
Walter Kirn | Walter Kirn's Permanent Morning | 22 September 2011
A writer's bracingly frank account of his mother's final illness and death,
with all the messy human details -- and unexpected intimations of
transcendence -- intact [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/iowa-methodist-hospital-my-mother-died-strep-infection-brain
[15]China 1911: The Birth of China's Tragedy
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nRbRDy
Jonathan Fenby | History Today | 21 September 2011
Fascinating essay on history of China's 1911 revolution. It brought an end
to an empire that had lasted since 221 AD. But it did not bring the radical
change it promised, instead damaging China's prospects for decades to come
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/china-1911-birth-chinas-tragedy
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Kenan Malik on Morality Without God
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god
Religion is often presented as the guardian of moral values. The problem
with this, says the author and broadcaster, is that it diminishes what it
means to be human. He draws on Plato and a medieval Arab poet to explain why
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god
Featured Topic
[19]Palestine And The UN
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/palestine-and-un
The Palestinians are seeking enhanced status at the UN in a move aimed at
advancing their statehood ambitions. How will the process play out and what
are the implications for Palestinians, and for Israel? Read on to find out
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/palestine-and-un
Reader Recommendations
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26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/manhole-covers-by-mimi-melnick-photos-robert-melnick
[29]Manhole Covers by Mimi Melnick (photos by Robert A Melnick)
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/manhole-covers-by-mimi-melnick-photos-robert-melnick
[30]Alexandra Horowitz says: “The Melnicks were some of the first to publish
images of metal manhole covers as though they were art” [31]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alexandra-horowitz-on-art-observation
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]What Is Fire?
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/what-fire
Fire explained in another wonderful one minute physics animation
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]William Gibson, on signalling
Links:
34. http://www.findings.com/book/B003YL4AGC
"Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places,
that had once belonged to cigarettes, now belonged to phones"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations