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