Newsletter 611
[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]What Isn't For Sale?
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5. http://b.rw/wDeG58
Michael Sandel | Atlantic | 14 March 2012
Money can buy almost everything: The chance to shoot an endangered
rhino, for example. A private cell in jail. Your doctor's cellphone
number. A surrogate mother. A US green card. Is this the sign of a
healthy society? [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-isnt-sale
[7]Israel: The Knesset vs Democracy
Links:
7. http://b.rw/FO4BMT
Dimi Reider | NYRB | 15 March 2012
"Even as Israel prepares for its most important democratic exercise –
national elections – a series of laws now pending or already passed by
the Knesset suggests the country is moving in an alarmingly
anti-democratic direction" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/israel-knesset-vs-democracy
[9]The Alchemical Roots Of The Financial Revolution
Links:
9. http://b.rw/yiD0Qw
Carl Wennerlind | Berfrois | 14 March 2012
"In England, confidence in the utility of alchemy was widespread. It
was unsurprising that metallic transmutation was pursued as a solution
to the stubborn scarcity of money problem that had severely curtailed
commerce for decades" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/alchemical-roots-financial-revolution
[11]The Gumbo Chronicles
Links:
11. http://b.rw/yG4K4Z
Rowan Jacobsen | Outside | 12 March 2012
BP oil spill has been cleaned up and life has moved on, right? "There
was no better way to assess the Gulf's health than by traveling around
and sourcing one of my favorite meals – seafood gumbo – in the heart of
bayou country" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gumbo-chronicles
[13]Housed
Links:
13. http://b.rw/AaN6z6
Aimee Phan | Guernica | 15 March 2012
Homeowner's horror story. "The bank believed we could technically
continue to make our monthly payments, even afford to pay more. They
didn’t consider our deflated home value or the fact that we had another
dependent and had to eat" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/housed
[15]Obituary: Sailen Manna
Links:
15. http://b.rw/wd5Pwa
Anonymous | Economist | 15 March 2012
Charming short story of Indian football legend Sailendra Nath Manna.
Led his country to international glory in 1940s. Never booked, never
committed a foul. Always played barefoot. Total earnings in five
decades: 19 Rupees [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sailen-manna
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Andy Borowitz on Comic Writing
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-borowitz-on-comic-writing
Do you have to be cruel to be comedic? It often helps, says the
bestselling humour writer, who tells us about five novels (and one
presidential contender) that are enough to make anyone laugh [18]Read
on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-borowitz-on-comic-writing
Featured Special Report
[19]Drone Warfare
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/drone-warfare
Should we worry about war conducted by remote control? Are there
ethical considerations? Will we become accustomed to unmanned warfare
in the future? What if a hacker took control of an army? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/drone-warfare
Reader Recommendations
@guardian: On @mediaguardian: Don Draper days are over as advertising
adapts to digital age [21]t.co/iEVNb5XI #goodreads [22]#browsings
[23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/iEVNb5XI
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/river-runs-through-it-by-norman-maclean
[25]A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/river-runs-through-it-by-norman-maclean
[26]Tim Lott says: “This book is about someone who really is his
brother’s keeper, and takes that role very seriously. What shocked me
was the love between them” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-lott-on-brothers
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]17 Clues
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28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/17-clues
For Sudoku fans. Proof that you need at least 17 clues for a solvable
puzzle [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Richard Holloway, on belief
Links:
30. http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2012/03/holloway-church-life-doubt
"The opposite of faith is not doubt, it is certainty"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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