Newsletter 655
[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]Red Flag In The Flowerpot
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5. http://b.rw/IhOHJp
Jeff Himmelman | New York | 29 April 2012
Forty years since Watergate, the fascination endures. Researcher goes
through Ben Bradlee's attic, finds old notes raising new doubts. Did a
grand juror leak information to Bernstein? Did Bradlee doubt Deep
Throat story? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/red-flag-flowerpot
[7]Air France Flight 447: 'Damn It, We’re Going To Crash'
Links:
7. http://b.rw/Jl99qE
Nick Ross & Neil Tweedie | Telegraph | 27 April 2012
Airbus went down three years ago in equatorial waters between Brazil
and Africa. 228 dead. Two years to find flight recorders, another year
to write report. Official verdict: Pilot error. But why didn't other
crew members intervene? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/air-france-flight-447-damn-it-we’re-going-crash
[9]Machine Politics
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9. http://b.rw/IkIltQ
David Kushner | New Yorker | 30 April 2012
George Hotz started the hacker wars. The grungy teenager from New
Jersey was the first person to unlock an iPhone. But it was when he
defeated Sony's PS3 that things started getting really out of hand
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/machine-politics
[11]Taking Risks With The Economy
Links:
11. http://b.rw/JiZuB5
Will Davies | Our Kingdom | 28 April 2012
Five years into the crisis, "The implicit association between the
modern state and large financial institutions has become explicit. It
is no longer possible to specify exactly where the state ends and the
banking system begins" [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/taking-risks-economy
[13]The First Global Man
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13. http://b.rw/Km8lTl
Jeremy Adelman | Foreign Affairs | 26 April 2012
"It is no secret that globalization has been a disaster for some and a
boon to others. That it has been the cause of great ecological
transformations, dating back to Columbus' arrival in the Americas, is
less well understood" [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/first-global-man
[15]Unexceptionalism: A Primer
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15. http://b.rw/IAHINg
EL Doctorow | NYT | 28 April 2012
If you wanted to ruin America then you would lead it into a futile war,
attack civil liberties, impoverish the schools, enlarge the prisons,
increase corporate power, make the rich richer ... Oh, hang on a minute
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unexceptionalism-primer
FiveBooks Interview
[17]William St Clair on Reading the Romantics
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-st-clair-on-reading-romantics
Who read Byron in his time? How much did a copy of Wordsworth cost? The
scholar guides us through the astonishing history of reading in the
Romantic period of English literature [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-st-clair-on-reading-romantics
Featured Special Report
[19]Democracy
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/democracy
Are Western states true democracies? Has democracy become a casualty of
the financial crisis? Can you have too much democracy? Read on to find
out [20]Read on
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20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/democracy
Reader Recommendations
[21]smiler29 Interesting take on gay marriage being too "conservative"
for the true gay radical @[22]Nero #[23]browsings [24]t.co/p4v3iVUL
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24. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/04/how-conservatives-hijacked-gay-movement
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/journals-james-boswell-by-james-boswell
[27]The Journals of James Boswell by James Boswell
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/journals-james-boswell-by-james-boswell
[28]Faramerz Dabhoiwala says: His diaries give us a first-hand view of
the sex life of an 18th century gentleman with a rather powerful sex
drive. That in itself is fascinating. [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/faramerz-dabhoiwala-on-18th-century-sexual-revolution
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Just How Small is an Atom?
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/just-how-small-atom
With a little help from blueberries and a football stadium
[31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Tim Parks, on Milan
Links:
32. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/29/tim-parks-reflects-on-milan-italy.html
"There’s always a fine sadness about Milan’s economic power, as if
this isn’t quite what Italians would ever want a city to be"
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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