Newsletter 468
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]The Myths Of Christian Europe
Links:
5. http://b.rw/rhcLfP
Kenan Malik | Pandaemonium | 20 October 2011
Excellent essay. The liberal, democratic values we hold dear aren't so
rooted in Christianity as we might think. So any weakening of Christianity
in Europe won't erode those values. But crass alarmism about Islam might
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/myths-christian-europe
[7]The Trouble With My Blood
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pW9ZpM
Will Self | Guardian | 21 October 2011
"Some time over the winter of 2010-11 I began to be gorged with blood." So
begins a very powerful, absorbing piece in which Self reflects on the rare
disease he inherited. Treatment involves weekly removal of two pints of his
blood [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/trouble-my-blood
[9]The New Libya’s First Mistake
Links:
9. http://b.rw/o12XeR
Christopher Hitchens | Slate | 21 October 2011
Gaddafi squatted like a toad on the lives of the Libyan people. His obscene
regime showed that it would rather destroy society and the state than
surrender power. But his killing was a squalid lynching. Better he went to
the Hague [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/new-libya’s-first-mistake
[11]Collaborative Physics
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oZsjRw
Zeeya Merali | Nature | 19 October 2011
Could string theory, the rarefied, mathematical "theory of everything", have
much to teach us about the physics of ordinary matter? A pair of
intellectual misfits hope to prove so. "Maybe string theory is the new
calculus" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/collaborative-physics
[13]The Battle Of Broken Hill
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rqonnh
Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 20 October 2011
Extraordinary story from outback Australia of two-man attempt to join the
First World War. On the German-Turkish side. It ended badly, of course. A
fascinating slice of Australian history, not without resonance today
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/battle-broken-hill
[15]Robert Hughes: A Reply?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qipm3L
Peter Stothard | TLS Blog | 21 October 2011
Here's a fight in the making. Stothard reprints his own damning review of
Hughes's history of Rome, and demands that the author reply to it. "Most
history books contain errors. But Hughes's account has an extraordinary
number" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/robert-hughes-reply
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
Featured Topic
[19]Revolution In Libya
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/revolution-libya
With the death of Colonel Gaddafi, the Libyan uprising is almost complete
and the nation-building can begin. Read our selection of articles about the
ousted Libyan leader's brutal 42-year rule and the revolt that's raised
hopes of a better future [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/revolution-libya
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k MT @[22]creditplumber: Charles Goodhart is a wise old
economist. His INET article on what the EZ may do is epic.
[23]t.co/MgO0dTlm #[24]browsings
[25]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/creditplumber
23. http://t.co/MgO0dTlm
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/missing-links-by-john-reader
[27]Missing Links by John Reader
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/missing-links-by-john-reader
[28]Tim White says: “It is the best available book on the history of
paleoanthropology. John was, and still is, a fantastic photographer and a
great observer” [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-white-on-prehistoric-man
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Jotly
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/jotly
Everyone cares about everything you do. So rate your entire life with one
app [31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Steven Schwarzman, on 9-9-9
Links:
32. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/live-from-new-york-its-steve-schwarzman
“It’s the number Rick Perry thinks comes after 888”
[33]More quotes
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations