Newsletter 571
[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]Atheism In America
Links:
5. http://b.rw/AuHoS2
Julian Baggini | FT | 3 February 2012
Fascinating investigation into discrimination, isolation of atheists in
the US. “I’d rather have a big ‘L’ or ‘lesbian’ written across my shirt
than a big ‘A’ or ‘atheist’, because people are going to handle it
better” [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/atheism-america
[7]Super Power Of Franz Liszt
Links:
7. http://b.rw/yrjm8J
Charles Rosen | NYRB | 2 February 2012
Greatest pianist ever. His genius as performer overshadowed his genius
as composer. "No one before Liszt played an entire public concert on
the piano. He turned a musical performance into something like an
athletic feat" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/super-power-franz-liszt
[9]Let Us Now Praise Private Equity
Links:
9. http://b.rw/zHAeAY
Reihan Salam | National Review | 30 January 2012
Sharp, well-argued defence of private equity. And, by extension, Romney
and Bain Capital. "The difficult truth that virtually no politician is
prepared to acknowledge is that the road to job creation runs through
job destruction" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/let-us-now-praise-private-equity
[11]The Me Who Knew It
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wb00gI
Jenny Diski | LRB | 1 February 2012
Enjoyable essay review of new book that charts a century of memory
research. From Frederic Bartlett, who concluded in 1913 that we remake
our memories each time we remember them, right up to contemporary
research on memory erasure [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/me-who-knew-it
[13]Feet In Smoke
Links:
13. http://b.rw/yswDMr
John Jeremiah Sullivan | Deadspin | 1 February 2012
Writer recalls brother's accidental electrocution, temporary brain
damage. "I can't imagine anything more hopeful or hilarious than having
a seat at the spectacle of my brother's brain while it reconstructed
reality" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/feet-smoke
[15]On The Meaning Of Life
Links:
15. http://b.rw/yp45rP
HL Mencken | Letters Of Note | 1 February 2012
In 1931 philosopher Will Durant asked a select few about life, death,
religion. Mencken's reply is memorable. "When I die I shall be content
to vanish into nothingness. No show, however good, could conceivably be
good for ever" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/meaning-life
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]Sport's Violence Problem
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sports-violence-problem
Nobody wants to take away the thrill and drama of the NFL or NHL, but
is middle age dementia an acceptable price for ex-players to pay?
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sports-violence-problem
Reader Recommendations
@nprguyraz the day in 1961 Malcolm X hung out with Richard Holbrooke at
Brown U. t.co/veKSeBEQ #browsings [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[22]Book of the Day
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/semi-tough-by-dan-jenkins
[23]Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/semi-tough-by-dan-jenkins
[24]Rick Telander says: “This is the funniest satire of [American]
football I’ve read. Some of it’s X-rated, but it was a revelatory type
of writing that had not been done before” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Locust world
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/locust-world
Hong Kong propaganda video attacking visitors from the rest of China
("locusts") [27]More videos
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Mark Lilla, on conservatism
Links:
28. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/feb/23/reactionary-mind-exchange
"Conservatism is informed by a view of human nature. Reaction is
informed by a view of history"
[29]More quotes
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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