Newsletter 551
[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]'Your Son Is Being Tortured. He Will Die If You Don't Pay'
Links:
5. http://b.rw/xs6Hjj
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad | Guardian | 16 January 2012
Horrifying, important account of corruption and lack of humanity in Iraq.
"You pay $300,000 to buy a post as a security chief of a neighbourhood for a
year and you have to get your money back. It's like an investment"
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/your-son-being-tortured-he-will-die-if-you-dont-pay
[7]The Rise And Consequences Of Inequality In The United States
Links:
7. http://b.rw/yGTXKW
Alan Krueger | Center For American Progress | 12 January 2012
Share of income going to top 1% has reached "mindboggling" levels. Middle
class has shrunk, economic mobility has fallen. Here's why it happened, what
it means, and what to do about it (10-page PDF with additional PowerPoint
slides) [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rise-and-consequences-inequality-united-states
[9]Mr Daisey And The Apple Factory
Links:
9. http://b.rw/A6l8Ti
Mike Daisey | This American Life | 13 January 2012
Transcript of radio show in which reporter visits Foxconn factory in
Shenzhen, China, where iPhones are made. 430,000 workers, many underage,
working in conditions unimaginable to those in the West. Eye-opening,
compelling, shocking [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mr-daisey-and-apple-factory
[11]A Meditation On Money
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wh0jwE
John Médaille | Front Porch Republic | 13 January 2012
Economists tend to think that barter comes first, followed by money, then
credit systems. But, as David Graeber has shown, historical evidence points
in the opposite direction. Barter emerges when credit and money collapse
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/meditation-money
[13]Love, Boxing, And Hunter S Thompson
Links:
13. http://b.rw/zGXG4i
John Kaye | LA Review of Books | 15 January 2012
Wild romp through screenwriter's life, as he recalls trips to New Orleans,
boxing bouts, and bizarre encounters with _Fear and Loathing_ author. Very
enjoyable but beware: Contains drugs, casual sex, crudity and profanity
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/love-boxing-and-hunter-s-thompson
[15]The Joy Of Six: Darts
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zt87De
Scott Murray | Guardian | 13 January 2012
Great moments in darts, "the last resort of thoroughly improbable people".
Featuring Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Talent, Jocky Wilson, Phil Taylor.
"Jocky is a man of few words, most of them, 'I cannae believe it'"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/joy-six-darts
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Amanda Smith on Newspaper Dynasties
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amanda-smith-on-newspaper-dynasties
From the Hearsts to the Murdochs, powerful families have often controlled
the newspapers we read. The author, and Kennedy family member, tells us why
they do it and where it leads [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amanda-smith-on-newspaper-dynasties
Featured Special Report
[19]Great Obituaries
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Raise a glass to life's characters with our collection of writing about
eventful, unconventional lives. RIP [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Reader Recommendations
_@Psych_Doc_ It's Blue Monday: the most depressing day of the year? a
psychologist explains on _@guardianscience_ [21]t.co/nEJ09b4W [22]#browsings
[23]More like this
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22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/stuff-thought-by-steven-pinker
[25]The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/stuff-thought-by-steven-pinker
[26]Henry Hitchings says: “In this book he analyses how our words relate to
our thoughts and to the world around us, and what that tells us about
ourselves” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-hitchings-on-language
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Fotoshop By Adobé
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/fotoshop-adobé
"My skin feels like plastic". Quite decent of Adobe to leave this up, all
things considered [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Corey Robin, on conservatism
Links:
30. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Conservative-Mind/130199
"When the conservative looks upon a democratic movement, he sees a
terrible disturbance in the private life of power"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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