Newsletter 574
[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]The Honor Of Aleppo
Links:
5. http://b.rw/AcL5U4
Fouad Ajami | New Republic | 7 February 2012
New novel puts Syrian revolt in context. It's not available in English
yet so it's summarised here. Ajami's analysis: This is a "rebellion of
wrath and disinheritance" with a strong sectarian element (Free for
Browser readers) [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/honor-aleppo
[7]Truth, Lies And Afghanistan
Links:
7. http://b.rw/Ac7z3g
Daniel Davis | Armed Forces Journal | 6 February 2012
"My duties took me into every significant area where our soldiers
engage the enemy. What I saw bore no resemblance to rosy official
statements. Instead, I witnessed the absence of success on virtually
every level" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/truth-lies-and-afghanistan
[9]This Chart Is A Lonely Hunter
Links:
9. http://b.rw/zdllOd
Reif Larsen | Millions | 7 February 2012
Worth posting for the headline alone. On the seduction of newspaper
infographics. "Visuals are easy to make, but they are also easy to
fake, and their allure can turn them into potentially dangerous pieces
of evidence" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/chart-lonely-hunter
[11]Tumbling On Success
Links:
11. http://b.rw/x2ethC
Tom Cheshire | Wired UK | 2 February 2012
Super history of blogging platform turned social network, Tumblr. 36
million users; 42 million posts per day; 14 billion monthly page views.
This is how David Karp built a company worth £500m, in just five years
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tumbling-success
[13]The Cultural Contradictions Of Democracy
Links:
13. http://b.rw/yIFVcb
Vladislav Inozemtsev | American Interest | 1 February 2012
Thought-provoking essay on nature of modern democracy. "We might one
day be faced with a choice that at first blush seems impossible: What
if 'too much' democracy should become an enemy of 'enough' liberty and
human rights?" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cultural-contradictions-democracy
[15]Al Rodente
Links:
15. http://b.rw/xC1qV2
Heather Smith | Grist | 3 February 2012
Time for the "re-squirreling of the American diet". Once a staple.
Abundant, far from endangered, doesn’t need refrigeration the way that
big game does. One squirrel yields enough meat for one person. Good
shooting practice, too [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/al-rodente
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Richard Kuisel on French Attitudes to America
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-kuisel-on-french-attitudes-america
The historian tells us how French condescension towards America goes
back to the 18th century, but more recent antagonisms can be traced to
the Second World War [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-kuisel-on-french-attitudes-america
Featured Special Report
[19]Syria Revolts
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the
authorities. But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
[21]polit2k RT @[22]Ian_Fraser: Lord Levene questions 'social
usefulness' of much banking activity in @[23]peston's
blog[24]t.co/fAjgBBME #[25]gfc2 [26]#browsings [27]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/Ian_Fraser
23. http://twitter.com/peston
24. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16944993
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/first-crossing-greenland-by-fridtjof-nansen
[29]The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/first-crossing-greenland-by-fridtjof-nansen
[30]Roland Huntford says: “It was the beginning of modern polar
exploration. By the application of technology, and by abandoning any
kind of emotion, he demythologised polar exploration” [31]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roland-huntford-on-polar-exploration
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Charles Dickens's London With Simon Callow
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/charles-dickenss-london-simon-callow
Whistlestop tour around sites associated with Dickens's life
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Aaron Bady, on knowledge
Links:
34. http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/zunguzungu/david-graebers-debt-my-first-5000-words
"Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my
ignorance like a crucifix at vampires"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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