Newsletter 550
[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]We're All Guilty Of Dehumanizing The Enemy
Links:
5. http://b.rw/w0gCiB
Sebastian Junger | Washington Post | 13 January 2012
Interesting commentary on US Marines scandal. Does dehumanising the dead
help soldiers cope psychologically with their act of killing? And how do you
explain that it's ok to waterboard a live enemy but not urinate on a dead
one? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/were-all-guilty-dehumanizing-enemy
[7]The Hacker Is Watching
Links:
7. http://b.rw/A8nWTx
David Kushner | GQ | 12 January 2012
Disturbing story of Luis Mijangos, who hacked into unsuspecting individuals'
webcams to commit "sextortion". When eventually captured, FBI found 15,000
videos, 900 audio recordings, 13,000 screen grabs. From a total of 230
victims [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/hacker-watching
[9]Selling A 300-Year-Old Cello
Links:
9. http://b.rw/ycQ1mm
Daniel Wakin | NYT | 14 January 2012
Great musicians part with great instruments only in old age or at death.
Aaron Rosand was 84 when he sold his Guarnieri violin for $10m. Bernard
Greenhouse's death puts his Stradivarius cello, one of 20, on the market
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/selling-300-year-old-cello
[11]British Institutions: London Underground
Links:
11. http://b.rw/yCYvwV
Matthew Engel | FT | 13 January 2012
Part five of wonderful series looks at the Tube. Moves nearly five million
people around London every day. Still much criticised. "Are you ever going
to sort this place out?" asks Engel. "By 2021. It'll be fantastic then"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/british-institutions-london-underground
[13]Iron Lady Falls
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13. http://b.rw/yrKidi
Virginia Postrel | Bloomberg | 13 January 2012
Film biography of Margaret Thatcher portrays her as lonely and bitter in old
age, having devoted her life to work and neglected her family. That isn't
true, and it isn't fair. No comparable man would be depicted that way
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/iron-lady-falls
[15]When Michelle Obama Came To Lunch
Links:
15. http://b.rw/x0RqPo
Sophie Brickman | Gilt Taste | 10 January 2012
In the kitchen at New York City’s Gramercy Tavern. Line cook wishes she
could say she was clean, well-rested, well-dressed for first lady's visit.
Too bad. She did have an important aesthetic contribution to make though
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/when-michelle-obama-came-lunch
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Henry Hitchings on Language
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-hitchings-on-language
The wordsmith and cultural historian debunks common myths about English,
recommends the smartest writing about words, and says apostrophes are
“orthographic squiggles” not worth fighting for [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-hitchings-on-language
Featured Special Report
[19]Putin's Russia
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
A disputed election, protests, accusations of being a mafia state. As
Vladimir Putin prepares to take back the presidency, what kind of country
does he lead? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
Reader Recommendations
@dmsouthasia Bangladesh: Of Feral Cats & Social Indicators t.co/iWOFMGRq
#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/invisible-hook-hidden-economics-pirates-by-peter-leeson
[23]The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/invisible-hook-hidden-economics-pirates-by-peter-leeson
[24]Peter Boettke says: “The Invisible Hook does a fascinating job of
communicating to people the enjoyment of just thinking through a problem
like an economist” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-boettke-on-austrian-economics
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Scottish Independence
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/scottish-independence
The whole story in less than two minutes. Lots of nice touches. Thanks, Next
Media [27]More videos
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]John Jeremiah Sullivan, on Jesus Christ
Links:
28. http://www.themillions.com/2012/01/staff-pick-john-jeremiah-sullivans-pulphead.html
"His breakthrough was the aestheticization of weakness"
[29]More quotes
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29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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