Newsletter 560
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Will Israel Attack Iran?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/ymWvl7
Ronen Bergman | NYT | 25 January 2012
Gripping account of Israeli perspective on Iranian nuclear programme.
Israel estimates that it has about nine months in which to derail the
project. After that, Iran would be able to withstand an attack. Will it
act? Looks that way [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/will-israel-attack-iran
[7]George Soros On The Coming US Class War
Links:
7. http://b.rw/yTV1vb
John Arlidge | Newsweek | 23 January 2012
"Europe is confronting a descent into chaos and conflict. In America,
Soros predicts riots that will lead to a brutal clampdown that will
dramatically curtail civil liberties. The global economic system could
even collapse" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/george-soros-coming-us-class-war
[9]Citizen Philosophers
Links:
9. http://b.rw/yyyLNx
Carlos Fraenkel | Boston Review | 21 January 2012
Intriguing look at Brazil, where all high-school students, irrespective
of class or background, have to study philosophy for two hours each
week. Can it teach students to build a better, fairer society?
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/citizen-philosophers
[11]Europe’s Own Human Rights Crisis
Links:
11. http://b.rw/yUsmxc
Benjamin Ward | Human Rights Watch | 22 January 2012
A European crisis? Perhaps—when you consider debates around minorities
and migrants, state infringements on civil liberties in name of
anti-terrorism, rise of popular extremist parties, waning influence of
human rights institutions [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/europe’s-own-human-rights-crisis
[13]Private Inequity
Links:
13. http://b.rw/xKYztk
James Surowiecki | New Yorker | 23 January 2012
How private equity firms make their money, and what they do to the
companies they buy. An issue that's come into sharp focus, thanks to
Mitt Romney. Criticisms of him don't always hit the mark, but the rules
should still be changed [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/private-inequity
[15]By The Sword: The Science Of Sword-Swallowing
Links:
15. http://b.rw/y2CXsL
Jennifer Ouellette | Cocktail Party Physics | 25 January 2012
No, it's not an illusion, the sword really is swallowed. Initially an
Indian fakir trick that spread via China, Japan to Europe. Key is to
learn not to gag. Best to practice with spoons, paint brushes, coat
hangers. Even snakes [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sword-science-sword-swallowing
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Timothy Snyder on Dissent
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/timothy-snyder-on-dissent
The history professor tells us what today’s dissidents can learn from
the experience of Eastern Europe and explains how Václav Havel leaves a
lasting legacy of how to challenge the over-mighty [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/timothy-snyder-on-dissent
Featured Special Report
[19]Moral Philosophy
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/moral-philosophy
Do babies have morals? Does surveillance make us better? Is free will
an illusion or not? Is there such a thing as evil? Get to grips with
the big questions of right and wrong [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/moral-philosophy
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k "cleavages are huge" MT @[22]Nouriel 'We've Got Bigger
Problems Right Now' My Davos intervu with
@[23]ianbremmer FP [24]t.co/rRaaknex [25]#browsings [26]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/Nouriel
23. http://twitter.com/ianbremmer
24. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/24/weve_got_bigger_problems_right_now?page=0,1#.Tx9_ZyzHcoA.twitter
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/inequality-reexamined-by-amartya-sen
[28]Inequality Reexamined by Amartya Sen
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/inequality-reexamined-by-amartya-sen
[29]Will Hutton says: “Sen says it’s not just about poverty relief. He
puts on the table a much more tolerable statement than simply, everyone
should be equal” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hutton-on-fairness-and-inequality
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Slavoj Žižek On Coffee
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/slavoj-žižek-coffee
Is coffee without cream the same thing as coffee without milk? [32]More
videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Arthur Laurents, on musicals
Links:
33. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/288873/man-who-gave-us-newt-mark-steyn
"The trouble with a bad show is that you can make it better, but you
can never make it good"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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