Newsletter 658
[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]An Audacious Promise: The Moral Case For Capitalism
Links:
5. http://b.rw/JVIW82
James Otteson | Manhattan Institute | 1 May 2012
"A widespread consensus is that capitalism might be necessary to
deliver the goods but fails to meet moral muster. By contrast,
socialism, while perhaps not practical, is morally superior." Sharp
essay suggests a more subtle stance [6]Comments
Links:
6. https://thebrowser.com/articles/audacious-promise-moral-case-capitalism
[7]On Tiger Moms
Links:
7. http://b.rw/K3SnAC
Julie Park | The Point | 24 April 2012
Clever, nuanced essay reconsiders Amy Chua's parenting advice.
"Precisely because I was raised in a Tiger Mom world, but rebelled
against it, I understand where Chua is coming from, but I can also see
what remains invisible to her" [8]Comments
Links:
8. https://thebrowser.com/articles/tiger-moms
[9]Inside The Wild Life And Dramatic Fall Of The Nerd Who Burned Hollywood
Links:
9. http://b.rw/IwLoR3
Daniel Miller & Matthew Belloni | Hollywood Reporter | 2 May 2012
Best piece yet on the notorious Kim Dotcom, and file-sharing website
Megaupload. "His plan was to create a more artist-friendly distribution
platform where creators would get paid more than they do when Apple
sells their product" [10]Comments
Links:
10. https://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-wild-life-and-dramatic-fall-nerd-who-burned-hollywood
[11]France's Choice: Naughty Child Or Colourless Adult?
Links:
11. http://b.rw/IIR9qD
John Kay | John Kay/FT | 2 May 2012
"Nicolas Sarkozy is the small boy at the back of the class who
endlessly drew attention to himself." His rival for the presidency,
Francois Hollande, is a decent, colourless adult. A bringer of change
in France? Don't bet on it [12]Comments
Links:
12. https://thebrowser.com/articles/frances-choice-naughty-child-or-colourless-adult
[13]Becoming Obama
Links:
13. http://b.rw/JeS446
David Maraniss | Vanity Fair | 2 May 2012
Revisiting the young Barack Obama and his life in New York, with help
from collected letters of a former girlfriend. "Even when he was
uncertain about much else, Obama seemed hyper-alert to avoiding a
future he did not want" [14]Comments
Links:
14. https://thebrowser.com/articles/becoming-obama
[15]One Universe Among Many?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/ITEMZN
Martin Rees | Prospect | 24 April 2012
Is there a more engaging scientist writing today than Martin Rees? Here
he talks us through latest research from the frontiers of cosmology:
"What we’ve traditionally called the laws of nature may be no more than
parochial bylaws" [16]Comments
Links:
16. https://thebrowser.com/articles/one-universe-among-many
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Roland Chambers on Revolutionary Russia
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/roland-chambers-on-revolutionary-russia
The Russian revolution was the beginning of the modern age, says the
award-winning author. He tells us what Solzhenitsyn imagined Lenin was
like, and about the children’s author who led a double life as a spy in
Bolshevik Russia [18]Read on
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/roland-chambers-on-revolutionary-russia
Featured Special Report
[19]France Votes
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/reports/france-votes
Opinion polls suggest the Socialist challenger, Francois Hollande, is
well placed to eject Nicolas Sarkozy from the presidency. On Sunday,
French voters will decide [20]Read on
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/france-votes
Reader Recommendations
[21]rszbt You have a duty to be interesting: MT @[22]tracyalloway: The
lost art of asking a question: [23]t.co/pnQc4Icx via
@[24]farnamstreet" #[25]browsings [26]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/rszbt
22. http://twitter.com/tracyalloway
23. http://t.co/pnQc4Icx
24. http://twitter.com/farnamstreet
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/diary-madman-and-other-stories-by-lu-xun
[28]Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu Xun
Links:
28. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/diary-madman-and-other-stories-by-lu-xun
[29]Chris Livaccari says: Lu Xun is venerated as the first modern
Chinese writer. I have a book of his stories in Chinese sitting on my
shelf right now, titled “The Father of Modern Chinese Literature”.
[30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/chris-livaccari-on-language-and-culture-china
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]History Of Whistling
Links:
31. https://thebrowser.com/videos/history-whistling
Twenty-six songs, spanning almost a century of whistling, in three
minutes [32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Billy Wilder, on screenwriting
Links:
33. http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/03/advice-from-billy-wilder.html
"If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in
the first act"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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