Newsletter 580
[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 Way Greeks Live Now
Links:
5. http://b.rw/wuOGZ1
Russell Shorto | NYT | 13 February 2012
A glimpse into harsh reality of life in Greece, where half of all under
25s are now out of work. And yet despite economic turmoil "somehow
everyday life rumbles on, in a collective trance, shot through with
gallows humor" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/way-greeks-live-now
[7]The Mobility Myth
Links:
7. http://b.rw/wluZvT
Timothy Noah | New Republic | 8 February 2012
America's image of itself has been that it has unequal economic
outcomes, but a lot more equality of economic opportunity than
elsewhere. It might have been true once, but how true is it today?
(Free access for Browser readers) [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mobility-myth
[9]Nietzsche, Nihilism And The Death Of God
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9. http://b.rw/yY3YCe
Kenan Malik | Pandaemonium | 12 February 2012
Fine consideration of Nietzsche. Trained as philologist, graduated to
philosophy, railed against Christianity. "He was not a writer, nor even
a prophet, but a ‘battlefield’ on which was being fought the struggle
for Europe's soul" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nietzsche-nihilism-and-death-god
[11]How To Fix A Broken Border
Links:
11. http://b.rw/z5OGKX
Terry Goddard | Immigration Policy Center | 2 February 2012
A wall won't work. US-Mexico border is better understood as a "complex
interrelationship of immigration laws, cyberspace money transfers, and
international business connections". Tackle this if you want to tackle
the problem (PDF) [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-fix-broken-border
[13]European Doubts Growing Over Greece Debt Strategy
Links:
13. http://b.rw/wCcaVp
Various | Spiegel | 13 February 2012
"European leaders find themselves in a nearly irresolvable dilemma. If
they go on as they have been, the country won't emerge from the crisis.
If they force Athens out of the euro zone, they endanger the entire
monetary union" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/european-doubts-growing-over-greece-debt-strategy
[15]Adele: One And Only
Links:
15. http://b.rw/wz94A5
Jonathan Van Meter | Vogue | 13 February 2012
Conversation with Grammy award winning singer Adele. On family, love,
music and the emergency throat surgery that threatened to end her
career. “I am a fan, but I can’t remember what it feels like to be a
fan anymore" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/adele-one-and-only
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Ella Berthoud on Love in Literature
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ella-berthoud-on-love-literature
For Valentine's Day, we asked a bibliotherapist to prescribe some
reading on love. Rekindle your relationship, remember first passions
and beware obsessive love with help from these suggestions [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ella-berthoud-on-love-literature
Featured Special Report
[19]Ali and Frazier
Links:
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
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Reader Recommendations
@[21]breizh2008 RT @[22]polit2k: RT @[23]pierrebri: On German beer and
banks - [24]t.co/zskk5VZl via @[25]reuters #[26]Germany
#[27]gfc2 [28]#browsings [29]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/breizh2008
22. http://twitter.com/polit2k
23. http://twitter.com/pierrebri
24. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/uk-banks-germany-idUKTRE81D00Z20120214
25. http://twitter.com/reuters
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Germany
27. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
28. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
29. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[30]Book of the Day
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30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/road-oxiana-by-robert-byron
[31]The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/road-oxiana-by-robert-byron
[32]Tim Mackintosh-Smith says: “He draws the parallel that what we have
in Europe and what we care about and love so much you can find in the
Islamic world also. It’s an important point” [33]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-mackintosh-smith-on-travelling-muslim-world
33. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[34]Self-leveling Pool Table
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/videos/self-leveling-pool-table
On the cruise ship "Radiance of the Seas", apparently. There's a good
practical joke in here somewhere [35]More videos
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35. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[36]Julian Baggini, on argument
Links:
36. http://JulianBaggini,onargument
"The point of seeing both sides isn't to hover between them but to
be able to come down on the right side with the right degree of
conviction"
[37]More quotes
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37. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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