Newsletter 665
[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]The Woman Who Lives In A Shed
Links:
5. http://b.rw/ILcMYb
Amelia Gentleman | Guardian | 9 May 2012
Shocking report from London. Priced out of housing market, some are
forced to rent garden sheds. One family pay to live in a walk-in
freezer. Landlords happy to cash in. What does this say about free
markets, capitalism, society? [6]Comments
Links:
6. https://thebrowser.com/articles/woman-who-lives-shed
[7]Jumping Through Hoops
Links:
7. http://b.rw/KmGki4
Michael Joseph Gross | Vanity Fair | 9 May 2012
Enjoyable account of London's long and expensive journey from candidate
city to host of 2012 Olympics. Contract enforces extraordinary
commercial demands and allows IOC to act like a state within a state.
Was it all worth it? [8]Comments
Links:
8. https://thebrowser.com/articles/jumping-through-hoops
[9]In Libya, The Captors Have Become The Captive
Links:
9. http://b.rw/KFraY8
Robert Worth | NYT | 9 May 2012
Gripping report on a turning of the tables in Libya. Many of the
Gaddafi regime's jailers and torturers are now themselves in prison.
Where their victims may confront them, and in some cases exact
retribution [10]Comments
Links:
10. https://thebrowser.com/articles/libya-captors-have-become-captive
[11]How A Radical Greek Rescue Plan Fell Short
Links:
11. http://b.rw/K1zdfl
Marcus Walker | WSJ | 10 May 2012
Excellent on recent destruction of Greece. Papandreou begged Merkel to
soften terms of bailout. Merkel refused, said pain was necessary: "We
want to make sure nobody else will want this." There's European
solidarity for you [12]Comments
Links:
12. https://thebrowser.com/articles/how-radical-greek-rescue-plan-fell-short
[13]President Obama's Same-Sex Marriage Endorsement
Links:
13. http://b.rw/IExHNH
Jonathan Rauch | Brookings | 9 May 2012
"With his switch from ambivalence to advocacy, Obama is sending a
signal to the courts that the country is ready for gay marriage, giving
them cover to uphold it. Courts like to stay within the mainstream.
Obama has just moved it" [14]Comments
Links:
14. https://thebrowser.com/articles/president-obamas-same-sex-marriage-endorsement
[15]Kidnapped By Pirates At Sea? Here's How Economics Can Save You
Links:
15. http://b.rw/Jscx7S
Gabriel Rossman | Atlantic | 8 May 2012
"Economists would describe hostage negotiation as a bilateral monopoly
price negotiation that is structurally just a special case of chicken."
Only two things matter: Willingness to accept failure, and capacity to
pay [16]Comments
Links:
16. https://thebrowser.com/articles/kidnapped-pirates-sea-heres-how-economics-can-save-you
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Stuart Clark on Astronomers
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/stuart-clark-on-astronomers
Can’t tell your nebula from your black hole? The New Scientist writer
introduces us to some of the wonders of the universe and tells the
stories of astronomers who discovered them [18]Read on
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/stuart-clark-on-astronomers
Featured Special Report
[19]Population and Resources
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/reports/population-and-resources
Will humans run out of natural resources? Is population growth a danger
to society? Or will human innovation conquer? You decide [20]Read on
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/population-and-resources
Reader Recommendations
@[21]SarahMenkedick Remaking Kigali: A 21st century Rwanda built by
Rwandans: [22]t.co/ATFYFDNy #[23]longreads
#[24]travelreads #[25]browsings
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/SarahMenkedick
22. http://t.co/ATFYFDNy
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#longreads
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#travelreads
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
[26]More like this
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26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/narrow-road-deep-north-by-matsuo-basho
[28]The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Matsuo Basho
Links:
28. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/narrow-road-deep-north-by-matsuo-basho
[29]Edmund de Waal says: “He was a 17th century haiku poet, and this is
the record of his journey through the Japanese countryside. It’s a very
beautiful travelogue” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edmund-de-waal-on-inspiration-writing-and-art
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Obama Supports Gay Marriage
Links:
31. https://thebrowser.com/videos/obama-supports-gay-marriage
The president of the United States just moved the mainstream [32]More
videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Peter Singer, on reasoning
Links:
33. http://crookedtimber.org/2012/03/19/fairness-and-fish
"If we do not understand what an escalator is, we might get on it
intending to go a few meters, only to find that once we are on, it
is difficult to avoid going all the way to the end. Similarly, once
reasoning has got started it is hard to tell where it will stop"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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