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