Newsletter 553
[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]Counter-Terrorism Is Getting Complicated
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5. http://b.rw/waX02i
Tom Junod | Esquire | 18 January 2012
Bizarre tale of the "Waffle House terrorists". "There is no way for us, as
militiamen, to save this country, to save Georgia, without doing something
that's highly illegal. Murder." Said Fred, 73, to his "geriatric jihadists"
[6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/counter-terrorism-getting-complicated
[7]George Lucas Is Ready To Roll The Credits
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7. http://b.rw/xRMsQH
Bryan Curtis | NYT | 17 January 2012
Maker of "Star Wars" releases his final blockbuster. Called "Red Tails",
it's about a black air combat unit that fought in WW2 for an America that
discriminated against them. No studio would touch it so Lucas paid for it
himself [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/george-lucas-ready-roll-credits
[9]National Subjects
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9. http://b.rw/xsRMl1
Aleksandar Hemon | Guernica | 16 January 2012
Bosnia is a society shattered by war, its broken parts redivided and
bargained over by Bosniak, Croat and Serb alike. Segregation and teaching of
ethnic identity begins early, as this superb essay describes [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/national-subjects
[11]'Lawdy, Lawdy, He's Great'
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11. http://b.rw/AgrXqR
Mark Kram | Sports Illustrated | 17 January 2012
In honour of Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday, SI republishes this memorable
piece from 1975, written after the Thrilla in Manila. "Man, I hit him with
punches that'd bring down the walls of a city," said a defeated Joe Frazier
[12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lawdy-lawdy-hes-great
[13]Not Fade Away
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13. http://b.rw/wT98dO
Robert Kagan | New Republic | 11 January 2012
"Is the United States in decline, as so many seem to believe these days? Or
are Americans in danger of committing pre-emptive superpower suicide out of
a misplaced fear of their own declining power?" The second, says Kagan
[14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/not-fade-away
[15]How To Build A Dog
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15. http://b.rw/wmFvsI
Evan Ratliff | National Geographic | 17 January 2012
Easier than you might think. Researchers take DNA from 900 dogs, 80 breeds.
All differences in appearance—size, fur, etc—controlled by 50 genetic
switches. "The diversity in domestic dogs derives from a small genetic tool
kit" [16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-build-dog
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Charles Foster on Living Prudently
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17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-foster-on-living-prudently
Our culture tells us to follow our hearts, but self-deception can wreck
lives. The therapist advocates a new model of prudence when it comes to
major life choices, and recommends reading that illustrates his advice
[18]Read on
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18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-foster-on-living-prudently
Featured Special Report
[19]Ali and Frazier
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Three fights against each other, two of the greatest heavyweight boxers of
all time, one hell of a story [20]Read on
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20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k The Nazi Leader Who, in 1937, Became the Oskar Schindler of
China - The Atlantic [22]t.co/N0o3KR04 [23]#browsings [24]More like this
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22. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/the-nazi-leader-who-in-1937-became-the-oskar-schindler-of-china/251525/#.TxbfVCwxU84.twitter
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
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25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/green-felt-jungle-by-ed-reid-and-ovid-demaris
[26]The Green Felt Jungle by Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/green-felt-jungle-by-ed-reid-and-ovid-demaris
[27]Matthew O'Brien says: “This documents the corruption in the 1950s and
the connection between the Mob and many hotel-casinos. It’s good
old-fashioned investigative journalism” [28]FiveBooks Archive
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27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-o’brien-on-las-vegas
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]SOPA Breaks The Internet
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/sopa-breaks-internet
Introduction to SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) - what it is, why it matters.
And why we should all be against it
[30]More videos
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Philip Kitcher, on ethical progress
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31. http://www.tnr.com/article/books/magazine/99529/on-what-matters-derek-parfit?passthru=MDY1ZjQyMzI1Nzk1ZjBlN2M1ZTM4NDdiNWFmM2Q2ZTQ
"Better to think of it as consisting in the solution of problems—as
progress _from_, not progress _to_"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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