Newsletter 525
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus FiveBooks
interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]Who Runs Russia?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/vI684X
Charles Clover | FT | 17 December 2011
Criminal leadership and government, always close, have merged completely.
"The basic functions of organised crime—protection rackets, narcotics,
extortion and prostitution— have increasingly been assumed by the Russian
state". [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/who-runs-russia
[7]Can Tides Turn the Tide?
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rqNKeN
Tom Murphy | Do The Math | 13 December 2011
Tidal power "is virtually inexhaustible on relevant timescales, is less
intermittent than solar/wind, and uses old-hat technology to make
electricity". Sounds promising. Physics professor runs the rule over its
potential [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/can-tides-turn-tide
[9]Infinite Stupidity
Links:
9. http://b.rw/vIaHBf
Mark Pagel | Edge | 15 December 2011
A bit of innovation goes a long way. One person has an idea, many can share
it. The better our communications, the faster ideas can travel. In the
modern age it's much more profitable to be a copier than an innovator
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/infinite-stupidity
[11]The Girl With The Father Tattoo
Links:
11. http://b.rw/vIArmj
Michele Pridmore-Brown | LA Review of Books | 15 December 2011
How fathers shape their daughters. "The girlish power to redeem men has a
long tradition. But the bar on committed or 'good-enough' fatherhood has
risen radically in recent years, and especially so with respect to girls"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/girl-father-tattoo
[13]Marines Promoted Inflated Story For Medal Of Honor Recipient
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rHuEUk
Jonathan Landay | McClatchy | 14 December 2011
US military has been under pressure to award more medals of honour to those
who've served in Afghanistan and Iraq. But account of actions by one recent
recipient doesn't stack up. How much does embellishment of war deeds matter?
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/marines-promoted-inflated-story-medal-honor-recipient
[15]The Rise And Fall Of The Recipe Card
Links:
15. http://b.rw/sibZOf
Katie Arnold-Ratliff | Slate | 12 December 2011
Charming article on history, allure of recipe cards. Early examples included
wonderful non-descriptions: "Enough flour to make a stiff dough" or "Bake
until done". More than instructions, they were tangible memories, traditions
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rise-and-fall-recipe-card
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Lev Grossman on Fantasy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
We're living through a golden age for fantasy fiction, says the author of
_The Magicians_. He tells us what makes for a good fantasy novel, and who's
staking out the future not just of fantasy but of fiction itself [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
Featured Special Report
[19]Sport's Violence Problem
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sports-violence-problem
Nobody wants to take away the thrill and drama of the NFL or NHL, but is
middle age dementia an acceptable price for ex-players to pay? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sports-violence-problem
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k RT @[22]GdnPolitics: Tom Watson: 'People thought I was a
paranoid conspiracy theorist' [23]t.co/GNujdNy1
@[24]ObsNewReview #[25]browsings @[26]tom_watson
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/GdnPolitics
23. http://t.co/GNujdNy1
24. http://twitter.com/ObsNewReview
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
26. http://twitter.com/tom_watson
[27]More like this
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27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/becoming-dickens-by-robert-douglas-fairhurst
[29]Becoming Dickens by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/becoming-dickens-by-robert-douglas-fairhurst
[30]Judith Flanders says: “The perfect book. It told me new things about a
subject I thought I knew well, it made the things I knew already
interesting, and it made me laugh” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/judith-flanders-on-life-victorian-age
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Christopher Hitchens's Ten Commandments
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/christopher-hitchenss-ten-commandments
"Can these tablets of stone stand a bit of an update for our time?"
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Christopher Hitchens, on publishing
Links:
34. http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3956.Christopher_Hitchens
"Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it
should stay"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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