Newsletter 483

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

[5]Financial Reform: Unfinished Business
Links:
5. http://b.rw/vKBJsz

Paul Volcker | NYRB | 3 November 2011

Compelling call for action on finance industry. "Structural change is
necessary. As it stands, the reform effort is incomplete. It needs fresh
impetus. I challenge governments and central banks to take up the unfinished
agenda" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/financial-reform-unfinished-business

[7]How To Build The Pixar Of The iPad Age
Links:
7. http://b.rw/vU2gS1

Sarah Rich & Alexis Madrigal | Atlantic | 2 November 2011

"Most of the best things revolve around food, puppets and explosives." Fine
backgrounder on Moonbot, creative animation company set to revolutionise
children's e-book market with visually stunning iPad apps [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-build-pixar-ipad-age-shreveport-louisiana

[9]Would Obama Greenlight An Israeli Attack On Iran?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/vOsUHp

Juan Cole | Informed Comment | 4 November 2011

There's much talk in Israel about bombing Iran. Hard to judge if
Netanyahu/Barak are serious or just trying to intimidate Tehran. But
doubtful they'd launch attack without US green light. Here's why they're
unlikely to get one [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/would-obama-greenlight-israeli-attack-iran

[11]The Rules Of Succession
Links:
11. http://b.rw/vJOjmZ

Sarah Ellison | Vanity Fair | 3 November 2011

On the sparring and jockeying for position among Rupert Murdoch's children.
And, when their spouses are included, there's plenty of ill-feeling to go
around. An enjoyable weekend read, if a little short on new information
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rules-succession

[13]Save Us From White Knights
Links:
13. http://b.rw/uaELml

Matt Steinglass | Economist | 4 November 2011

Americans periodically look to non-politicians for new leadership. Witness
rise of Herman Cain. But do outsiders do well? Main examples in American
history: Eisenhower and Hoover. In world politics: Putin. Not all that
encouraging [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/save-us-white-knights

[15]An Unexpected Alliance
Links:
15. http://b.rw/tVeVqt

Lee Siegel | Intelligent Life | 1 November 2011

On the correspondence between Groucho Marx and TS Eliot. Began when Eliot, a
fan of "Duck Soup", asked for a picture of Marx, and led to an awkward
dinner. "The two men found a mesmerising bond in each other’s very
alienness" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unexpected-alliance

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Larry Doyle on Comic Writing
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/larry-doyle-on-comic-writing

What makes for great comic writing? Is it possible to say? The author and
former Simpsons writer gives us his personal choice of five pitch-perfect
examples [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/larry-doyle-on-comic-writing