Newsletter 447

30 Sep 2011 • 3 min read

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

[5]The Permanent Candidate
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oM77Ku

Alec MacGillis | New Republic | 28 September 2011

Fascinating, very well-researched investigation of Rick Perry. Texas record
compared unfavourably with Bush. More interested in cultivating allies,
career advancement than policy or reform. (Kindly ungated for Browser
readers) [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/permanent-candidate

[7]Rethinking The Boosterism About Small Business
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pBXTIR

Charles Kenny | Businessweek | 28 September 2011

“Everyone here knows that small businesses are where most new jobs begin."
So said Obama. But in reality small businesses account for only 20% of
employees. And between 2000 and 2003, 80% of small companies hired precisely
no one [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rethinking-boosterism-about-small-business

[9]Inside The World's Largest Embassy
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qYnumA

Peter van Buren | Mother Jones | 28 September 2011

American diplomat tells of life at embassy in Baghdad: 104 acres, 22
buildings. Bigger than Vatican. No connection with Iraqi life.
Nation-building effort was like "pasting together feathers year after year,
hoping for a duck" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-worlds-largest-embassy

[11]Like It Or Not, Ed Miliband Has Redefined The Future Of Politics
Links:
11. http://b.rw/pm0Zn2

Peter Oborne | Telegraph | 29 September 2011

Commentary on Labour leader argues Britain entered new era with 2008
financial collapse, as it did in mid-70s with oil price shock. Thatcherism
emerged victorious then. So far only Miliband is articulating a new vision
for today [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/it-or-not-ed-miliband-has-redefined-future-politics

[13]Nostalgia On Repeat
Links:
13. http://b.rw/oJLdmE

Chuck Klosterman | Grantland | 29 September 2011

Much of what we call nostalgia derives from repetition. A song heard over
and over again comes to evoke a particular time in our lives. But in the age
of Spotify and YouTube, we consume once and move on. Will nostalgia
disappear? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nostalgia-repeat

[15]Obituary: Lieutenant-Colonel Barbara Ridler
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qI4LlG

Anonymous | Telegraph | 29 September 2011

A breath of the Conservative Party as it used to be. "She managed the
secretaries, girls from good families. They were recruited under a
1,000-acre test, on the grounds that no girl whose father owned less could
manage on the wages" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-lieutenant-colonel-barbara-ridler

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Errol Morris on Photography and Reality
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/errol-morris-on-photography-and-reality

The acclaimed documentary filmmaker tells us about his fascination with
images, meaning and truth. And how we’ve learned to think and read
critically but still don’t see critically [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/errol-morris-on-photography-and-reality

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