Newsletter 640
[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]An End To The War On Drugs
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5. http://b.rw/IPnWgN
Alma Guillermoprieto | NYRB | 12 April 2012
Central and South American leaders are bracing themselves to break with
the United States and abandon the "war on drugs". They can't win it.
The costs are too great. What follows? Perhaps legalisation for
marijuana, at least [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/end-war-drugs
[7]Jonah Lehrer: The Man With The Big Ideas
Links:
7. http://b.rw/IV2Ei3
David Gelles | FT | 14 April 2012
Enjoyable profile of everybody's favourite popular science writer,
Jonah Lehrer. Former Rhodes scholar at Oxford with a passion for
neuroscience, and a flair for writing. “Genius is like porn, you know
it when you see it” [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jonah-lehrer-man-big-ideas
[9]My So-Called Ex-Gay Life
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9. http://b.rw/ItpLRX
Gabriel Arana | American Prospect | 11 April 2012
Arana recalls teenage experience of being pushed into undergoing ex-gay
therapy. It didn't work, of course. Far from it. Years later, he
confronts the psychologist who made a career out of offering this
therapy [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-so-called-ex-gay-life
[11]National Responsibility And Historic Crimes
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11. http://b.rw/IE7m6o
Anonymous | Philosopher's Beard | 12 April 2012
Should countries apologise for historic crimes? Consider national
identity: Is a country the same one that committed the crime? And
collective responsibility: Can an entire population be held accountable
for a country's actions? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/national-responsibility-and-historic-crimes
[13]Killer At 70,000 Feet
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13. http://b.rw/IyWzJD
Mark Betancourt | Air & Space | 26 March 2012
On flying a U2 spy plane. Or what happens when technology pushes the
human body beyond its limits. Nausea, disorientation, even
hallucinations are common. Occasionally a pilot passes out. But the
real problems begin after landing [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/killer-70000-feet
[15]Food's Biggest Scam: The Great Kobe Beef Lie
Links:
15. http://b.rw/HGC2Dj
Larry Olmsted | Forbes | 12 April 2012
Think you’ve tasted the famous Japanese Kobe beef? You may have in
Japan, but in the US? No. You can't get it in stores, not by mail, and
certainly not in restaurants, no matter how fancy, or what they
claimed. You have been duped [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/foods-biggest-scam-great-kobe-beef-lie
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Giles Coren on Food Writing
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing
The London Times award-winning food columnist takes an irreverent look
at the world of food writing, from restaurant critics to celebrity
chefs
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing
Featured Special Report
[19]Syria Revolts
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the
authorities. But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
@[21]nuzav My Life as a Failed Country Gentleman [22]t.co/RAqtdvmn via
@[23]WSJ #[24]Browsings
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22. http://t.co/RAqtdvmn
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Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/let-our-fame-be-great-journeys-among-defiant-people-caucasus-by-oliver-bullough
[27]Let Our Fame Be Great by Oliver Bullough
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/let-our-fame-be-great-journeys-among-defiant-people-caucasus-by-oliver-bullough
[28]Edward Lucas says: “Bullough looks at the forgotten history of the
Caucasus. His focus is on the Circassians and one of the great untold
stories of the 19th century” [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edward-lucas-on-putin-and-russian-history
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Punishment and Profits
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/punishment-and-profits
When immigrant detention is a business opportunity
[31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Douglas Coupland's Law Of Telephony
Links:
32. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/opinion/13coupland.html
No matter what technology is used, your monthly phone bill magically
remains about the same size
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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