Newsletter 620
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Mail Supremacy
Links:
5. http://b.rw/H9MQal
Lauren Collins | New Yorker | 26 March 2012
Compelling profile of the Daily Mail, Britain's most powerful
newspaper. Closest US equivalent, Fox News. Run, with a furious energy,
by Paul Dacre, whose editorial meetings are known as the Vagina
Monologues. For reasons made clear [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mail-supremacy
[7]Greed Is The Beginning of Everything
Links:
7. http://b.rw/H3tu8a
Romain Leick | Spiegel | 23 March 2012
Interview with Tomas Sedlacek, freethinking Czech economist and
philosopher. "Complicated mathematical models are simply wrong or
pointless at best. The real question should be: Is the economy working
the way we want it to?" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greed-beginning-everything
[9]Stag Party
Links:
9. http://b.rw/H6p0hx
Frank Rich | New York | 25 March 2012
Rich argues that Rick Santorum speaks more boldly than many, but is not
an outlier in the Republican party. "This rush of anti-woman activity
on the right isn’t coming exclusively from the Santorum crowd. It
extends across the GOP" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/stag-party
[11]Escape From Iran
Links:
11. http://b.rw/H41Rfe
Sohrab Ahmari | Atlantic | 20 March 2012
The story of Houshang Bouzari, once a well-connected Iranian
businessman. But his involvement in a lucrative project attracted the
attention of the Rafsanjanis, with most unpleasant results. A grim
insight into clerical rule [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/escape-iran
[13]Capitalism: A Ghost Story
Links:
13. http://b.rw/GB5SoG
Arundhati Roy | Outlook India | 17 March 2012
"Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it
out of past crises—War and Shopping—simply will not work." Typically
provocative essay from Roy on India, capitalism, philanthropy,
development [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/capitalism-ghost-story
[15]Beyond The Battlefield: Afghanistan's Wounded Struggle With Genital
Injuries
Links:
15. http://b.rw/GMKltw
David Wood | Huffington Post | 22 March 2012
"Before they went off to fight in Afghanistan, the guys of 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marines talked quietly about their deepest fear. Not
dying. Not losing a leg or an arm. It was having their genitals ripped
off, burned away or crushed" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beyond-battlefield-afghanistans-wounded-struggle-genital-injuries
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Leo Hollis on Why Cities Are Good For You
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leo-hollis-on-why-cities-are-good-you
Half of the world’s population live in cities, and more are moving in.
The urbanist explains how city living makes us smarter and more
creative, why slums are set to grow, and what the future of the city
holds [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leo-hollis-on-why-cities-are-good-you
Featured Special Report
[19]Healthcare in America
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/healthcare-america
The battle over US healthcare reform reaches the Supreme Court. Here's
what's at stake [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/healthcare-america
Reader Recommendations
@[21]prospect_uk How societies can move forward after traumatic ethnic
clashes [22]t.co/cMjqwZLc [23]#browsings [24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/#!/prospect_uk
22. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2012/03/rwanda-burundi-genocide-peace
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essay-gardening-by-henk-gerritsen
[26]Essay on Gardening by Henk Gerritsen
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essay-gardening-by-henk-gerritsen
[27]Monty Don says: “The book is based on the philosophy of gardening
where you accept natural intervention as part of the garden”
[28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/monty-don-on-favourite-gardening-books
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Primary Elections Explained
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/primary-elections-explained
Who thought up this system? At least now you know how it works
[30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]J.D. Daniels, on ageing
Links:
31. http://feeds.nplusonemag.com/~r/nplusonemag_main/~3/mS1AQUd3HNQ/regrets-at-fordham
"This is what it's like to get old: You still feel 19, except your
knees hurt"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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