Newsletter 570
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
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[5]Conversations With Parents Of Russian Neo-Nazis
Links:
5. http://b.rw/w8Qtre
Olesya Gerasimenko | OD Russia | 2 February 2012
What do you say when your son has killed 15 people? "Moscow was filling
up with foreigners. At home there was discussion over whether violence
was necessary or not. I was always against it. It is only now that I
agree with him" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/conversations-parents-russian-neo-nazis
[7]What Moral Philosophy Tells Us About Income Inequality
Links:
7. http://b.rw/y1HAcj
Kentaro Toyama | Atlantic | 2 February 2012
Revisiting John Rawls, his two principles of society. No 1: "Everyone
should have indefeasible claim to a fully adequate scheme of equal
basic liberties." No 2: Inequalities "are to be to the greatest benefit
of least-advantaged" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-moral-philosophy-tells-us-about-income-inequality
[9]Electric Youth
Links:
9. http://b.rw/yl6Q4R
Catherine Elton | Boston Magazine | 31 January 2012
One woman's battle against commercialization of childhood. "Scientific
studies have shown children under eight cannot understand the
persuasive intent of advertising. At a fundamental level advertising to
children is simply unfair" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/electric-youth
[11]A Perfect Storm Of Planetary Proportions
Links:
11. http://b.rw/AbISp7
John Kapenmann | IEEE Spectrum | 1 February 2012
The sun makes life on earth possible. But it could easily make it
impossible too. Here's a scientific look at how solar flares, mass
coronal ejections cause geomagnetic storms. And the risks a superstorm
poses to our high-tech world [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/perfect-storm-planetary-proportions
[13]'Forever' Dies Hard
Links:
13. http://b.rw/zEvX1A
AV Flox | Blogher | 1 February 2012
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend. But if you ever have to sell one
on, they're liable to lose their charm. "A diamond's 'worth' is little
more than a product of very careful image management." Here's how the
industry works [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/forever-dies-hard
[15]Turning Japanese
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zsbPWu
Jeffrey Steingarten | Vogue | 30 January 2012
Enjoyable account of a culinary adventure in Japan. Writer travels to
Tokyo aiming to sample the best sushi, tempura, yakitori, shojin ryori,
foraged vegetables, teppanyaki, kaiseki and bento boxes. This is what
he found [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/turning-japanese
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Geoff Dyer on Unusual Histories
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/geoff-dyer-on-unusual-histories
The author of “But Beautiful” and the forthcoming “Zona” tells us about
different ways of writing history, and gives us five examples where
innovative or experimental approaches have paid off [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/geoff-dyer-on-unusual-histories
Featured Special Report
[19]Epic Adventures
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Extreme tourism, unwise adventure and plain bad luck. Enjoy it all from
the comfort of your armchair [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k MT @[22]cate_long: Bagehot’s Lombard Street is in many
ways about the growth and contraction of shadow
banking. [23]t.co/C2hNg4ZP #[24]browsings [25]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/cate_long
23. http://t.co/C2hNg4ZP
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25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/rime-modern-mariner-by-nick-hayes
[27]The Rime of the Modern Mariner by Nick Hayes
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/rime-modern-mariner-by-nick-hayes
[28]Helen Scales says: “This graphic novel is a beautiful re-telling of
Coleridge’s poem for our modern plastic-filled times” [29]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-scales-on-ocean-life
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Mitt Romney in 10 Seconds
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/mitt-romney-10-seconds
I think not an official Obama product, despite the endorsement. But it
might as well be [31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Corey Robin, on conservatism
Links:
32. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/feb/23/reactionary-mind-exchange
"Conservatism is a moral vision in which excellence depends upon
hierarchy. Inequality is the means, not the end"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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