Newsletter 650
[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]Earth To Ben Bernanke
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5. http://b.rw/IOGEDK
Paul Krugman | NYT | 24 April 2012
US central bank has gone to great lengths to rescue the financial
system, but done far less for workers. The Fed chief is a fine
economist who previously advocated strong action for situations like
this. So why isn't he acting now? [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/earth-ben-bernanke
[7]Why Do They Hate Us?
Links:
7. http://b.rw/JAiXBe
Mona Eltahawy | Foreign Policy | 23 April 2012
A call to arms. "Arab societies hate women. Name me an Arab country,
and I'll recite a litany of abuses fueled by a toxic mix of culture and
religion that few seem willing or able to disentangle lest they
blaspheme or offend" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-do-they-hate-us
[9]Bullying The Nuns
Links:
9. http://b.rw/IagAb3
Garry Wills | NYRB | 24 April 2012
The Vatican shows its moral collapse by attacking American nuns. "The
bishops are interested in power. The nuns are interested in the
powerless. Nuns have preserved Gospel values while bishops have been
perverting them" [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bullying-nuns
[11]Europe: A Crisis Of The Centre
Links:
11. http://b.rw/JKWEdC
Paul Mason | BBC | 24 April 2012
Helpful backgrounder to eurozone's current economic and political
turmoil. Holiday from the crisis is ending; ECB's actions averted a
"heart attack", but left them nursing an "economic cancer". What will
the politicians do next? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/europe-crisis-centre
[13]Mitt Romney's Failed Definition Of Success
Links:
13. http://b.rw/IkuNjf
Michael Kinsley | Bloomberg | 20 April 2012
"Sure. Lovely. Let's reward success. But Romney seems to think that
success is self-defining. Anyone who has done well deserves what he or
she has got. Let’s add up just a few of the ways in which this is not
necessarily true" [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mitt-romneys-failed-definition-success
[15]On The Origins Of The Arts
Links:
15. http://b.rw/I8JcAZ
EO Wilson | Harvard | 20 April 2012
Harvard biologist tackles evolution of culture in a monumental essay.
Captivating throughout. "Rich and seemingly boundless as the creative
arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological
channels of human cognition" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/origins-arts
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Carl Honoré on Slow Living
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-honoré-on-slow-living
In a culture obsessed with speed, the author of In Praise of Slow asks
us to take a step back, from slower eating to unhurried thinking – and
traces the leisurely history of the slow movement [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-honoré-on-slow-living
Featured Special Report
[19]Human Modification
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Scientists are experimenting with different ways to enhance humans.
What's possible? And what may be possible in the future? Does messing
with Mother Nature raise ethical questions? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Reader Recommendations
@[21]rszbt RT @[22]NiuB: "When China Met Africa"—Understanding China′s
Role in Africa Beyond Cynicism[23]t.co/0acgPJjX" [24]#browsings
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25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/utilitarianism-and-against-by-jjc-smart-and-bernard-williams
[27]Utilitarianism: For and Against by JJC Smart and Bernard Williams
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/utilitarianism-and-against-by-jjc-smart-and-bernard-williams
[28]David Edmonds says: “Williams thinks utilitarianism is a deeply
simplistic way to view the moral world. He gives a couple of famous
examples which illustrate why” [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-edmonds-on-ethical-problems
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Tyranny Of The New Yorker
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/tyranny-new-yorker
No periodicals were harmed in the making of this video [31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Christian Rudder, on comments
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32. http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-best-questions-for-first-dates
"The basic currency of the Internet is human ignorance, and,
frankly, our database holds a strong cash position"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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