Newsletter 649
[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]The SEC: Outmanned, Outgunned, And On A Roll
Links:
5. http://b.rw/Jqlhxt
Devin Leonard | Businessweek | 19 April 2012
It used to be said that SEC staff attorneys would have trouble finding
ice cream in a Dairy Queen. But there have been some recent successes.
Such as the insider-trading case that saw hedge fund boss Raj
Rajaratnam put behind bars [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sec-outmanned-outgunned-and-roll
[7]The Romneys’ Mexican History
Links:
7. http://b.rw/JtWl8h
Héctor Tobar | Smithsonian | 20 April 2012
Seeking out Mitt's Mexican roots in "a place famous for producing true
hombres, a rural frontier where thousands of Mormons still live, and
where settling differences at the point of a gun has been a tragically
resilient tradition" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/romneys’-mexican-history
[9]Writings On India
Links:
9. http://b.rw/JtW2dr
Patrick French | Hindustan Times | 21 April 2012
By foreigners (pre- and post-colonial), by Indians, and by that "sort
of hell realm of second or third-generation authors of Indian origin
who return to the land of their ancestors to write about it". Step
forward now, VS Naipaul [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/writings-india
[11]Why Hillary Clinton Should Join Anonymous
Links:
11. http://b.rw/I5sxOW
Evgeny Morozov | Slate | 23 April 2012
Hackers collective Anonymous and the US State Department don't have
much in common but they do both proclaim their support for Internet
freedom. "Ironically, both may end up hurting the very noble cause that
they seek to promote" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-hillary-clinton-should-join-anonymous
[13]Twenty Citizens’ Worth Of Blood Flowed Through Him
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13. http://b.rw/J6pYWt
Dr Watts | Deadspin | 17 April 2012
A medic in Afghanistan. "I was running a forward combat aid station as
a general medical officer to a Marine Corps infantry battalion.
Standard protocol is to gather the casualty's disembodied limbs and
tissue as best you can" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/twenty-citizens’-worth-blood-flowed-through-him
[15]The Ayatollah Under The Bed(sheets)
Links:
15. http://b.rw/J4Z9BL
Karim Sadjadpour | Foreign Policy | 23 April 2012
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, sex is not confined to the bedroom,
it's deeply political. And the country's fundamentalist clerics aren't
above considering juridical aspects of the most bizarre sexual
imaginings [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ayatollah-under-bedsheets
FiveBooks Interview
[17]David Edmonds on Ethical Problems
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-edmonds-on-ethical-problems
Given the choice between allowing five people to die, and killing one
person, what would you do? What is the utilitarian argument for
vegetarianism? Should we be able to sell our kidneys? The philosopher
suggests some answers [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-edmonds-on-ethical-problems
Featured Special Report
[19]Great Obituaries
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Raise a glass to life's characters with our collection of writing about
eventful, unconventional lives. RIP [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k RT @[22]ritholtz: David Brooks is very interesting today:
The Creative Monopoly [23]t.co/iAUTBVtA #[24]browsings @[25]rszbt
@[26]sysparatem [27]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/ritholtz
23. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/opinion/brooks-the-creative-monopoly.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
25. http://twitter.com/rszbt
26. http://twitter.com/sysparatem
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/immortal-by-jorge-luis-borges
[29]The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/immortal-by-jorge-luis-borges
[30]Stephen Cave says: “It’s such a fine example of Borgesian writing –
tense, lucid, packed with meaning so you immediately feel like reading
it again” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/stephen-cave-on-immortality
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Sheikh Jarrah, My Neighbourhood
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/sheikh-jarrah-my-neighbourhood
Growing up Palestinian among Jewish settlers moving into East Jerusalem
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Andy Borowitz, on free speech
Links:
34. http://twitter.com/BorowitzReport/status/194573180189421568
"I may not agree with you, but I'll defend to the death my right to
tell you to shut up"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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