Newsletter 459
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]The Deaths Map
Links:
5. http://b.rw/ppkaEO
Jeremy Harding | LRB | 12 October 2011
US-Mexico border is an artificial line across interlocking ecosystems, under
pressure from top-heavy consumer lifestyles to the north, congestion of
poverty in the south. Result? A twilight world of flight, seclusion,
incarceration [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/deaths-map
[7]A Reporter's Lawyer
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pAC5S7
Seymour Hersh | New Yorker | 12 October 2011
Hersh tells how his lawyer helped him break the My Lai story. "I had
evidence of a major American crime in Vietnam, an interview with the guy
accused of leading it, and the mainstream media apparently wanted nothing to
do with it" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reporters-lawyer
[9]Charles Darwin, Economist
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qeKoZQ
Robert Frank | American Interest | 5 October 2011
"One century hence, if a roster of professional economists is asked to
identify the intellectual father of their discipline, a majority will name
Charles Darwin." Right now, many would say Adam Smith. So where does Darwin
fit in? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/charles-darwin-economist
[11]The Ethics Of Voting
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qoxz6n
Jason Brennan | The Art Of Theory | 28 September 2011
Provocative essay. Most people "vote with good intentions, but they don’t
know what they’re doing. They do more harm than good." So one should try to
vote "well". But what does this mean? Are there morals we should consider?
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ethics-voting
[13]Occupy Your Conscience
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qPiGR4
Steve Almond | Rumpus | 11 October 2011
The protesters "are simply tired of listening to politicians parrot the myth
that unfettered greed will lead to shared prosperity. Americans do,
eventually, get fed up when they feel their values and interests are being
ignored" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/occupy-your-conscience
[15]$100 To Win On Miami Ghost
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mXrzS2
David Hill | McSweeney's | 12 October 2011
August. Saratoga Springs, NY. Everyone is having fun, drinking iced tea,
pretending like it's the old days. At the track, it's the second race. The
money is down. And a little lesson in betting on horses is coming
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/100-win-miami-ghost
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Samantha Clark on Spanish and Moorish Cooking
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/samantha-clark-on-spanish-and-moorish-cooking
The chef tells us about the camper van trip to Morocco that inspired her
award-winning restaurant Moro, and why we should all get acquainted with
_chicharrones_
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/samantha-clark-on-spanish-and-moorish-cooking
Featured Topic
[19]Epic Adventures
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Extreme tourism, unwise adventure and plain bad luck. Enjoy it all from the
comfort of your armchair [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Reader Recommendations
@[21]bonapartocunasa Idle scroungers vs greedy bastards - and all that goes
with it in the #[22]US. [23]t.co/jGRKVrIu #[24]US #[25]Pol_econ
#[26]browsings
[27]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/bonapartocunasa
22. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#US
23. http://t.co/jGRKVrIu
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#US
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Pol_econ
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/mcteague-by-frank-norris
[29]McTeague by Frank Norris
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/mcteague-by-frank-norris
[30]Armistead Maupin says: “This is one of the first realist novels. It’s
about the slow moral deterioration of an oafish and amoral dentist”
[31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/armistead-maupin-on-san-francisco-novels
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]The Origins Of Pizza
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/origins-pizza
Did Marco Polo steal it from Korea—after stealing pasta from China? [33]More
videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Will Davies, on social networks
Links:
34. http://potlatch.typepad.com/weblog/2010/12/the-ol-global-village.html
The only people who definitely gain from more and more connectivity are
the sociopathic founders of the networks themselves
[35]More quotes
Links:
35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations