Newsletter 467

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

[5]Obituary: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qAjXDV

Anonymous | Telegraph | 20 October 2011

Every bit as good as you might expect. At an African Union summit, "his
entourage consisted of a personal jet, a container ship loaded with buses,
goat carcases and prayer mats, $6m in petty cash and 400 security guards"
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-colonel-muammar-gaddafi

[7]The Green Bay Packers Have the Best Owners in Football
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qB1iEZ

Karl Taro Greenfeld | Businessweek | 20 October 2011

The fans are shareholders. The chief executive is a union leader and
ex-player (the only one to win the Super Bowl as both CEO and player). The
city is a dot on the map. The bizarre anomaly of the franchise that rules
the NFL [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/green-bay-packers-have-best-owners-football

[9]Bombs And The Boy
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qxFoiD

Nathan Bradley | McSweeney's | 19 October 2011

A war story from Afghanistan. "I wanted to be a witness, full of
unimpeachable authenticity. But eventually, every witness to atrocity
becomes a participant. And every witness to tragedy becomes bereaved"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bombs-and-boy

[11]The Road To Melville
Links:
11. http://b.rw/o0ZnN8

Nathaniel Philbrick | Vanity Fair | 16 October 2011

"For me, Moby-Dick is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it
is a metaphysical survival manual—the best guidebook there is for a literate
man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/road-melville

[13]The Real Deng
Links:
13. http://b.rw/r1NRkB

Fang Lizhi | NYRB | 20 October 2011

History remembers Deng Xiaoping as hero, prime mover of China's
modernisation. Tiananmen massacre excused as means to an end. But what end?
Deng's greatest success was to increase power and wealth of China's ruling
class [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/real-deng

[15]Madame de Pompadour: The Other Cheek
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nqXSGX

Colin Jones | History Today | 20 October 2011

Fun excursion to the court of Louis XV and a book of obscene drawings poking
fun at his long-time mistress. The book was "potential political dynamite"
and, now rescued from obscurity, is a fascinating part of the historical
record [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/madame-de-pompadour-other-cheek

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Charles Isherwood on Broadway
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-isherwood-on-broadway

What divides a hit from a flop, artistically speaking? The New York Times
theatre critic takes us behind the scenes to assess the art of writing for
Broadway and the rules for avoiding musical disaster [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-isherwood-on-broadway