Newsletter 711
[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]Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us
Links:
6. http://b.rw/KKiVJR
Abrahm Lustgarten | Mother Jones | 26 June 2012
"Over the past few decades, US firms have injected more than 30
trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth. Until recently,
scientists assumed that deep layers of rock would safely entomb the
waste." Were they mistaken? [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/injection-wells-poison-beneath-us
[8]The Billionaires List
Links:
8. http://b.rw/MOOGyo
Ruchir Sharma | Washington Post | 24 June 2012
In Russia, 100 billionaires control fortunes worth 20% of national GDP.
In China, despite huge rise in national wealth, nobody's net worth gets
much above $10bn. Is the government quietly limiting private fortunes?
[9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/billionaires-list
[10]Boardwalk Empire As History: How The Mafia Seduced Hollywood
Links:
10. http://b.rw/MOK6QQ
Selwyn Raab | Foreign Affairs | 26 June 2012
"As the Mafia's fortunes have shifted over time, fictionalised accounts
of the Mob have subtly but consistently encouraged the public to accept
and even embrace it as a colourful aspect of the nation's cultural
landscape" [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/boardwalk-empire-history-how-mafia-seduced-hollywood
[12]Evolution And Our Inner Conflict
Links:
12. http://b.rw/MOObo7
EO Wilson | NYT | 25 June 2012
"Are human beings intrinsically good but corruptible by the forces of
evil, or the reverse, innately sinful yet redeemable by the forces of
good?" Big question on the human condition, tackled by way of
evolutionary biology [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolution-and-our-inner-conflict
[14]A Polish Historian's Accounting Of The Holocaust Divides His Countrymen
Links:
14. http://b.rw/Ol0gqk
Marc Parry | Chronicle Review | 25 June 2012
President Obama got into diplomatic hot water recently over his clumsy
reference to "a Polish death camp". But does the national narrative
that Poland is exclusively a victim of history, not a victimiser stand
up to scrutiny? [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/polish-historians-accounting-holocaust-divides-his-countrymen
[16]National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest
Links:
16. http://b.rw/LagkFL
Various | Big Picture | 22 June 2012
Thirty-seven photos, many of which are extraordinarily beautiful. Some
personal favourites: Climbing inside an Alpine ice cave; the Taj Mahal
shot from an unusual angle; cruising the highways of Cuba in a 1950s
Buick [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/national-geographic-traveler-magazine-2012-photo-contest
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Diana Farr Louis and June Marinos on Greek Cooking
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/diana-farr-louis-and-june-marinos-on-greek-cooking
The authors of Prospero’s Kitchen take us on a culinary tour of Greece
and explain how the country’s history has influenced its cuisine in
sometimes surprising ways [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/diana-farr-louis-and-june-marinos-on-greek-cooking
Featured Special Report
[20]Paying for the US Election
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paying-election
How much is Romney vs Obama 2012 going to cost? Who's paying? And what
do they expect in return? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paying-election
Reader Recommendations
@[22]ShaffinS RT @[23]polit2k: Schumpeter: Adieu, la France | The
Economist [24]t.co/UmNbAx9O [25]#browsings [26]More like this
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22. http://twitter.com/ShaffinS
23. http://twitter.com/polit2k
24. http://www.economist.com/node/21557318?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/adieu_la_france
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/bobbed-hair-and-bathtub-gin-by-marion-meade
[28]Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin by Marion Meade
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/bobbed-hair-and-bathtub-gin-by-marion-meade
[29]Sarah Churchwell says: “If you want an introduction to the Jazz
Age, this tells the story of the 1920s through the lives and careers of
these women who all knew each other” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sarah-churchwell-on-great-gatsby
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]The Family
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/family
Not entirely sympathetic Al-Jazeera documentary on the Mubaraks
[32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Leon Wieseltier, on change
Links:
33. http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/104231/jeff-bezos-amazon-anna-wintour
"Every revolution exaggerates its discontinuities"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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