Newsletter 462

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

[5]My Soapbox Advice To OWS
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nfWflf

Mark Cuban | Blog Maverick | 14 October 2011

Billionaire offers an agenda to Wall Street protesters. Reach out to small
shareholders everywhere. Call for a tax on financial transactions. Cap
student loans at $2,000 a year. Turn all investment banks into partnerships
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-soapbox-advice-ows

[7]Bill Clinton Talks
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rjBuMJ

Simon Schama | FT | 14 October 2011

Former president diagnoses America's ills. "You can't convert the ideologues
because they don't care what the facts are. With the world as it is, you
have to fight the fight you can win, and the fight you can win is economics"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bill-clinton-talks

[9]Strong Man
Links:
9. http://b.rw/q1cuT2

Yochi Dreazen | National Journal | 14 October 2011

There was a time when the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, faced
criticism for being too weak. Reminding Iraqis of this might prompt hollow
laughter today. An important, if dispiriting, read [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/strong-man

[11]A Conversation With Woz
Links:
11. http://b.rw/n9qf6k

Dan Lyons | Real Dan | 11 October 2011

"Yes I came up with the idea for the personal computer, but I don’t want to
be known as a guy who changed the world. I want to be known as an engineer
who connected chips in a really efficient way. I’m thankful Steve Jobs was
there" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/conversation-woz

[13]Dalai Lama’s Statement On His Successor
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nsmBUU

Robert Barnett | China Beat | 14 October 2011

Fascinating, if the political economy of Tibetan Buddhism is your thing.
"The Dalai Lama is more than likely to be succeeded by an emanation, not
necessarily by a child reincarnation." Or perhaps both. Or by several
emanations [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dalai-lama’s-statement-his-successor

[15]An Artist In The North
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mREhJi

Celia Farber | Lapham's Quarterly | 14 October 2011

On the poetry of new Nobel prize winner Tomas Tranströmer, whose writing
owes more to natural science than literature. Bug collector, psychologist
and "probably the most mild and forgiving writer who has ever received the
prize" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/artist-north

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Melvin Burgess on Children’s and Teenage Fiction
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/melvin-burgess-on-children’s-and-teenage-fiction

The author of _Junk_ and _Doing It_ tells us about the godfathers of
thriller writing for teenagers, and why young people make the most demanding
readers
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/melvin-burgess-on-children’s-and-teenage-fiction