Newsletter 703
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[6]Unpopular Mandate
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6. http://b.rw/P9MMdL
Ezra Klein | New Yorker | 18 June 2012
How was it that a legal argument that was considered fringe in 2010
could become mainstream by 2012? It happened with the individual
mandate in US healthcare. Here's how and why it happened, and could
happen again [7]Comments
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7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unpopular-mandate
[8]The Nonna State
Links:
8. http://b.rw/N9iHLL
Alessandra Galloni | WSJ | 15 June 2012
"Family has long been the glue of Southern European society, and
intergenerational help has deep historical and religious roots." It's a
crucial invisible safety net for the young of Italy, Spain. But one
which is now under threat [9]Comments
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9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nonna-state
[10]India's Shot At Gold
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10. http://b.rw/N9lRz8
Rahul Bhattacharya | More Intelligent Life | 15 June 2012
Splendid profile of Mary Kom, child of landless agricultural labourers,
mother of two, Indian medal hope in new Olympic sport of women's
boxing. And, it almost goes without saying, a confounder of stereotypes
[11]Comments
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11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/indias-shot-gold
[12]Dirt Under The Rug
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12. http://b.rw/MlOAfp
David Simon | Audacity Of Despair | 18 June 2012
"The story I’m going to relate to you is the kind of tale that is
disappearing from the pages of American newspapers." How police and
prosecutors in Baltimore manipulate crime statistics to bring down the
murder rate [13]Comments
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13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dirt-under-rug
[14]Final Battles Of Pope Benedict XVI
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14. http://b.rw/LqSwhx
Fiona Ehlers et al | Spiegel | 15 June 2012
Joseph Ratzinger turned 85 in April, the oldest Pope in more than a
century. He's having trouble speaking, let alone moving. And all around
him, by this account, the Vatican is in turmoil. The fight for the
succession is under way [15]Comments
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15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/final-battles-pope-benedict-xvi
[16]On Fear
Links:
16. http://b.rw/K7FWRP
Mary Ruefle | Poetry Foundation | 2 June 2012
Reflections on nature of fear, dread. By way of Julian of Norwich,
Nietzsche, Kierkegaard. "Fear is the greatest motivator of all time.
Conflict born of fear is behind our every action, driving us forward
like the cogs of a clock" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fear
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Bettany Hughes on Divine Women
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bettany-hughes-on-divine-women
Ancient history was a man’s world – but women were considered closer to
the gods. The historian and TV presenter reveals the secrets of
Athenian priestesses, Byzantine empresses and Stone Age fertility
goddesses [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bettany-hughes-on-divine-women
Featured Special Report
[20]London and the Olympics
Links:
20. 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 [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/london-and-olympics
Reader Recommendations
@[22]polit2k Executive coach: 'Finance is an amoral world, bordering on
the immoral' | Joris Luyendijk[23]t.co/YBLqnWEB via @[24]guardian
[25]#browsings [26]More like this
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22. http://twitter.com/polit2k
23. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2012/jun/18/executive-coach-finance-amoral-world?CMP=twt_gu
24. http://twitter.com/guardian
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/worst-journey-world-by-apsley-cherry-garrard
[28]The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/worst-journey-world-by-apsley-cherry-garrard
[29]Paul Theroux says: “Among the many things that appeal to me about
the book is the extreme precision of the writing – the scientific
poetry of it” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-theroux-on-travelling
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Much Better Now
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/much-better-now
Adventures of a bookmark. Starts slowly, but take a seat, it's worth
the wait [32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Dennis Potter, on words
Links:
33. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oupblog/~3/JuLDlVO1L20
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouth they’ve
been in
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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