Newsletter 593
[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]The Lost Party
Links:
5. http://b.rw/AvZhH6
John Heilemann | New York | 25 February 2012
Mitt Romney: Where did it all go wrong? Rick Santorum: Are you ready
for what's coming? Heilemann works through different scenarios for
Republican party in ferment. File his conclusion under "be careful what
you wish for" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lost-party
[7]Enriched With Information
Links:
7. http://b.rw/yk21VM
Laura Sanders | ScienceNews | 24 February 2012
Fascinating look at cutting-edge theory of consciousness, as proposed
by Giulio Tononi. One that is based on mathematics, with a set of
equations to describe how data moves through the brain. “The only true
theory of consciousness"? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/enriched-information
[9]The Longest Quarterly Letter Ever
Links:
9. http://b.rw/zVl9Ct
Jeremy Grantham | GMO | 23 February 2012
Don't be put off by the title. Here is your guide to the markets today.
Comprising 10 bullet points of investment advice; analysis of the
deficiencies of capitalism; and review of the year gone, with
predictions for 2012 (PDF) [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/longest-quarterly-letter-ever
[11]Beyond The Fall Of The Syrian Regime
Links:
11. http://b.rw/yudrgz
Peter Harling & Sarah Birke | Middle East Research & Information
Project | 24 February 2012
Excellent analysis of Syrian crisis. "There is less a conspiracy in
Syria than a society on the move, headed along a path that the regime
simply will not follow." May lead to civil war, but for many Syrians
there is no going back [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beyond-fall-syrian-regime
[13]Think Again: Cyberwar
Links:
13. http://b.rw/zD4msE
Thomas Rid | Foreign Policy | 26 February 2012
Cyberwar is not war. The metaphor is dangerously misleading. At worst,
cyberwarfare means disruption. Even then the effects are often
exaggerated. Which would you rather undergo: A denial of service
attack, or a shelling? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/think-again-cyberwar
[15]Reading Jane Austen As A Moral Philosopher
Links:
15. http://b.rw/wz1zaw
Anonymous | Philosopher's Beard | 21 February 2012
"Austen was a brilliant moral philosopher who analysed and taught a
virtue ethics for middle-class life that is surprisingly contemporary."
Here's why, and how appreciating her philosophy can help us to
understand her writing better [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reading-jane-austen-moral-philosopher
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Richard Harries on Christianity
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-harries-on-christianity
The former bishop of Oxford tells us about books that explore what it
means to be a Christian – from St Augustine and medieval mysticism to
grappling with Dostoyevsky and more modern dilemmas [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-harries-on-christianity
Featured Special Report
[19]Sex
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sex
Call girls, bondage, pornography, naked yoga, adultery and the science
of sperm; it's all here but maybe NSFW [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sex
Reader Recommendations
@[21]prospect_uk Jane Shilling plans to burn four decades of
correspondence—if she can [22]t.co/kwPSK1ka #[23]browsings
@[24]aldaily[25]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/prospect_uk
22. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2012/02/dear-flames-burning-my-letters
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://twitter.com/aldaily
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/year-death-ricardo-reis-by-josé-saramago-translated-giovanni-pontiero
[27]The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago (translated by
Giovanni Pontiero)
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/year-death-ricardo-reis-by-josé-saramago-translated-giovanni-pontiero
[28]Edith Grossman says: “I was so overwhelmed by the book – and by the
beauty and skill of the translation – that I started to devour Saramago
novels” [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edith-grossman-on-translation
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Pal Drayton: "Masterpiece"
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/pal-drayton-masterpiece
400 years of classical music, in 12 minutes, by the King's Singers
[31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Simon Hoggart, on restaurant chains
Links:
32. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/feb/25/religion-abuse-secularists-suicide-bombers
" 'Have you been to a Harvester before?' they ask, to which Jeremy
Hardy says the only reply is 'surely nobody comes here twice?'"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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