Newsletter 625
[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]We Can Live With A Nuclear Iran
Links:
5. http://b.rw/wtn3Of
Paul Pillar | Washington Monthly | 5 March 2012
Pillar presents the most comprehensive case against war with Iran that
I’ve seen. It won’t stop hawks from continuing to clamor for another
foolish war, but he provides all the arguments you need to puncture
bellicose fear-mongering [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/we-can-live-nuclear-iran-0
[7]Rogue Traders, Rogue Princes, Rogue Bishops And German Financial Meltdown
Links:
7. http://b.rw/HsUJbE
Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 29 March 2012
Dash takes us back to the 17th century for a bizarre tale of
hyperinflation. Incredibly, "it was the product not only of slipshod
economic management, but also of deliberate attempts by German states
to defraud their neighbours" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rogue-traders-rogue-princes-rogue-bishops-and-german-financial-meltdown
[9]It's Time To De-Russianize The BRICS
Links:
9. http://b.rw/HygYwb
Robert Kelly | Duck of Minerva | 18 March 2012
Robert Kelly offers a provocative post on Russia’s eroding claim to
major power status. Kelly argues that Russia is past its peak: Its
population is shrinking and aging and it is devolving into a
"petro-state with nukes" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/its-time-de-russianize-brics
[11]Why Tesla Motors Is Betting On The Model S
Links:
11. http://b.rw/HfjVzQ
Jon Gertner | Fast Company | 19 March 2012
"Tesla Motors almost certainly represents the most extreme test of the
limits and capabilities of the Silicon Valley model of innovation." And
now it's crunch time, as it prepares for launch of its first mid-market
electric vehicle [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-tesla-motors-betting-model-s-fast-company
[13]The Loneliest Superpower
Links:
13. http://b.rw/H1ewjJ
Minxin Pei | Foreign Policy | 20 March 2012
We’re so accustomed to hearing about China’s rise that we rarely focus
on its diplomatic challenges and foreign policy liabilities. This is a
nice corrective for those who assume that China will eventually
dominate global politics [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/loneliest-superpower
[15]How To Survive An Atomic Bomb
Links:
15. http://b.rw/H6wlbG
Jason Lefkowitz | Just Well Mixed | 29 March 2012
Decisions you take in the 10 minutes after detonation are the most
important. Find shelter immediately; basements of tall buildings are
good. Don't be tempted to flee. Fallout is at its most radioactive now
but drops off quickly [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-survive-atomic-bomb
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Barry Ritholtz on Causes of the Financial Crisis
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-ritholtz-on-causes-financial-crisis
The Wall Street money manager diagnoses the ills of America’s political
and economic system in a fizzing, irreverent analysis (with promised
f-bombs thrown in) [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-ritholtz-on-causes-financial-crisis
Featured Special Report
[19]Consciousness
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/consciousness
What is it? Where did it come from? How can we learn more about it?
Here's a quick look at what we do and don't know about consciousness
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/consciousness
Reader Recommendations
@[21]obitmag Spirit and Flesh: Marvin Gaye’s glory was to make art of
out chaos, until chaos won out. #[22]R&B #[23]Soul
#[24]Music #[25]browsings [26]t.co/kQZ7HNTJ
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/obitmag
22. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#R
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Soul
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Music
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
26. http://t.co/kQZ7HNTJ
[27]More like this
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27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/behind-beautiful-forevers-by-katherine-boo
[29]Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/behind-beautiful-forevers-by-katherine-boo
[30]Leo Hollis says: “This is about a small community who live in a
slum [in Mumbai], and it is an absolutely heartbreaking portrait of
what life is like in the slums today” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leo-hollis-on-why-cities-are-good-you
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Operation Hot Mic
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/operation-hot-mic
Real campaign ad, using Obama's overheard comments to Medvedev
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Gabriel Olsen, on praise
Links:
34. http://twitter.com/specgram/status/185369726036353024
"She's like an intransitive verb, she can't take complements"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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