Newsletter 666
[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]How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
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5. http://b.rw/Joif7T
Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone | 10 May 2012
In 2010 Obama passed Dodd-Frank, 2,300 pages of regulation with which
to end Wall Street corruption. But world of finance fought back, soon
brought government to heel. How? Simple: Complain, sue, stall, bully,
then exploit loopholes [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-wall-street-killed-financial-reform
[7]On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data
Links:
7. http://b.rw/KPJ84x
Karen Weise | Businessweek | 10 May 2012
Four college students plan to take on Facebook, with a decentralised
social network. They hit Kickstarter for funds. It goes crazy. They
make front page of the New York Times. 600k users join. Then comes the
suicide [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/diasporas-social-network-you-own-your-data
[9]The Kid Who Wasn't There
Links:
9. http://b.rw/KHNlgo
Wright Thompson | ESPN | 3 May 2012
"I arrive in Odessa, Texas, flying low over black pump jacks, chasing
the sort of weird, true crime story that often gets reporters on
planes: A 16-year-old named Jerry Joseph, a basketball player, has been
found out as an imposter" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/kid-who-wasnt-there
[11]Talking About My Generation
Links:
11. http://b.rw/KNPeT7
Ramón González Férriz | Eurozine/Letras Libres | 10 May 2012
Spain is in crisis. One the young are ill-prepared for. Why? "There was
a narrative that no adult challenged and which we therefore took for
granted: That every generation has a better life than the previous
one." Time for a rethink [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/talking-about-my-generation
[13]The Myth Of America’s Christian Heritage
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13. http://b.rw/KNUVk0
Kerry Walters | Free Inquiry | 10 May 2012
Thought-provoking essay. "The notion that America was founded as a
Christian nation is widespread. In the currency of ideas, it’s the
ubiquitous penny. But like an actual penny, it doesn’t have a lot of
value" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/myth-america’s-christian-heritage
[15]Mitt Romney's Classmates Recall Pranks, But Also Troubling Incidents
Links:
15. http://b.rw/JjYqOS
Jason Horowitz | Washington Post | 10 May 2012
Teenage Mitt Romney bullied a gay student at his elite prep school,
pinning his victim down and cutting off his hair. Inevitably, the
presumed Republican presidential candidate of today has no recollection
of this [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mitt-romneys-classmates-recall-pranks-also-troubling-incidents
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Simon Johnson on Why Economic History Matters
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-johnson-on-why-economic-history-matters
History contains useful warnings and lessons. And, says the former IMF
chief economist, today's economic policymakers would do well to heed
them [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-johnson-on-why-economic-history-matters
Featured Special Report
[19]London and the Olympics
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/london-and-olympics
The Games creep ever closer, though in London you'd hardly know it.
Here's a sideways look at the event and its host city [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/london-and-olympics
Reader Recommendations
@TorontoStar My afternoon with Ernest #Hemingway's sister:
[21]t.co/wfK3q07F [22]#browsings [23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/wfK3q07F
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/austerlitz-by-wg-sebald
[25]Austerlitz by WG Sebald
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/austerlitz-by-wg-sebald
[26]Edmund de Waal says: “Austerlitz is an incredibly beautiful book.
Sebald was a really interesting German writer, and I think this is his
masterpiece. He blows away genre” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edmund-de-waal-on-inspiration-writing-and-art
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]How To Survive A Robot Uprising
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/how-survive-robot-uprising
Don't waste your time worrying about zombies and vampires. Here's the
real danger [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Charles Rosen, on nostalgia
Links:
30. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/may/24/pleasures-charles-rosen/?pagination=false
"Nostalgia and freedom are linked concepts. The idea of freedom is
usually a vision of a paradise lost"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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