Newsletter 534
[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]The End Of Putin
Links:
5. http://b.rw/uZ8BF5
Julia Ioffe | Foreign Policy | 28 December 2011
Interview with Alexey Navalny, anti-corruption activist, blogger, leading
light in anti-Putin protests. "You can't change this system from within. Its
founding principles are corruption, hypocrisy, and cynicism" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/end-putin
[7]The Fat Trap
Links:
7. http://b.rw/tXf3jG
Tara Parker-Pope | NYT | 28 December 2011
Turns out dieting might have a more complex long-term effect on our bodies
than previously understood. New research suggests an unpalatable truth:
"Once we become fat, most of us, despite our best efforts, will probably
stay fat" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fat-trap
[9]Forgetting Is Key To A Healthy Mind
Links:
9. http://b.rw/tkz4jX
Ingrid Wickelgren | Scientific American | 23 December 2011
"The act of forgetting crafts and hones data in the brain as if carving a
statue from a block of marble." It's a skill that shapes our very
personalities. But we all vary in our ability to forget, for some it does
not come easily [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/forgetting-key-healthy-mind
[11]PG Wodehouse, The Writing-Machine With A Tragic Twist
Links:
11. http://b.rw/sOFPEV
A. N. Wilson | TLS | 29 December 2011
Review of new anthology of Wodehouse's private correspondence sheds light on
character, life of the literary genius. "It is not often that a collection
of letters has a plot, but this volume has a real, and gripping story"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/p-g-wodehouse-writing-machine-tragic-twist
[13]North Korean Defectors
Links:
13. http://b.rw/tAfouY
Iris Chung | Matador Network | 19 December 2011
Powerful stories from those who fled N Korea to escape the tyranny of Kim
Jong-il. And the horrors they faced, if repatriated. "There are certain
things I saw them do to women that I can’t even talk about because it's too
shameful" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/north-korean-defectors
[15]Egyptian Army Officer's Diary
Links:
15. http://b.rw/u7j6Fn
Jack Shenker | Guardian | 28 December 2011
Interesting insight into life as mid-ranking officer in Egyptian army.
Senior officers out of touch, obsessed with Israel; juniors paid regular
bonuses in attempt to retain their loyalty. Institutional malaise obvious
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/egyptian-army-officers-diary-military-life-revolution
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Best of FiveBooks on Travel
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/travel-best-fivebooks
From rafting down the Nile to the first voyage to the Antarctic, we select
five travel books from our archive that will give you the wanderlust for
2012 [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/travel-best-fivebooks
Featured Special Report
[19]Sex
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sex
Call girls, bondage, pornography, naked yoga, adultery and the science of
sperm; it's all here but maybe NSFW [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sex
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k History of the Euro Crisis, 6 Parts | Charles Forelle | WSJ
t.co/LneuMkPV #eurocrisis #gfc2 #browsings [21]More like this
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21. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[22]Book of the Day
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22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-by-cs-lewis
[23]The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-by-cs-lewis
[24]Lev Grossman says: “I don’t think Lewis gets enough credit for his craft
as a writer. The books are deceptively simple, one precisely observed
sensory detail after another” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Leila
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/leila
Public service announcement in the spirit of M Night Shyamalan [27]More
videos
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Jonah Lehrer, on causality
Links:
28. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2011/12/the-challenge-of-causation
"A cause is not a fact. It’s a fiction that helps us make sense of facts"
[29]More quotes
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29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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