Newsletter 719
[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
[6]'Not On My Watch': Applies To Banks And The Navy
Links:
6. http://b.rw/PcjiQb
John Kay | John Kay/FT | 4 July 2012
Barclays boss Bob Diamond is gone, using the naval phrase "on my watch"
in finally accepting responsibility. But he struggled to understand its
meaning. So here's an idea: Maybe banks should be held to the same
standards as casinos [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/not-my-watch-applies-banks-and-navy
[8]Is America A Land Of Liberty Or Equality?
Links:
8. http://b.rw/LRKZWI
Robert Samuelson | Washington Post | 4 July 2012
Polarisation of American politics derives from misplaced patriotism.
Liberals and conservatives believe they are struggling for the national
soul. Rhetoric hardens into dogma. Disagreement turns into hatred.
Happy Fourth of July [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/america-land-liberty-or-equality
[10]The Audition
Links:
10. http://b.rw/KRjjBE
Jennie Dorris | Boston Magazine | 28 June 2012
Mike Tetreault is a percussionist. He has 10 minutes to impress a
Boston Symphony Orchestra selection committee. A single mistake and
it's over. A flawless performance and he could join one of the world's
most renowned orchestras [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/audition
[12]Libor Scandal And Reforming The Banking Sector
Links:
12. http://b.rw/N5R59D
Angus Armstrong | Not The Treasury View | 2 July 2012
London's leading role in global finance has relied heavily on the
supposed robustness and efficiency of its market infrastructure. Libor
scandal is doing immense damage. Silver lining is that it should compel
big banking reforms [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/libor-scandal-and-reforming-banking-sector
[14]Rachel Maddow's Quiet War
Links:
14. http://b.rw/MRwwMf
Ben Wallace-Wells | Rolling Stone | 27 June 2012
New-generation TV anchor builds "a different channel for liberal anger,
an outsider channel, one that steers the viewer's attention away from
the theater of politics and toward the exercise of power, which is to
say, toward policy" [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rachel-maddows-quiet-war
[16]Does Infinity Exist?
Links:
16. http://b.rw/MoRtCq
John Barrow | +Plus | 2 July 2012
Who better to explain than Cambridge University's professor of
mathematical sciences? The notion of the infinite has vexed people for
millennia. But here's a good, accessible backgrounder on mathematical,
and physical, infinites [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/does-infinity-exist
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Leah Price on the History of Reading
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leah-price-on-history-reading
We can learn about the past not just through what was written but how
it was read. The historian of books tells us about reading aloud in
Roman times, Gutenberg-era marginalia, and Middle Age solutions to
information overload [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leah-price-on-history-reading
Featured Special Report
[20]The Libor Scandal
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/libor-scandal
Barclays has been fined and its chief executive forced out. What's it
all about? And who's next? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/libor-scandal
Reader Recommendations
@[22]rszbt Sign of crisis severeness: Great articles: MT @[23]GTCost
@[24]evaeuropa: Monti and Rajoy ... By @[25]enricjuliana
[26]t.co/nV5dWgJu" [27]#browsings [28]More like this
Links:
22. http://twitter.com/rszbt
23. http://twitter.com/GTCost
24. http://twitter.com/evaeuropa
25. http://twitter.com/enricjuliana
26. http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2282181-monti-and-rajoy-sign-away-sovereignty-principle
27. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[29]Book of the Day
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/alexandria-by-michael-haag
[30]Alexandria by Michael Haag
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/alexandria-by-michael-haag
[31]Philip Mansel says: “This is a brilliant and highly intellectual
portrait of a city between 1900 and 1947. It tells us about the huge
variety of life [in Alexandria]” [32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-mansel-on-levant
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[33]Amnesty International: Hooded
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/amnesty-international-hooded
Shocking. But is it effective? Which is another way of saying: What is
the intended effect? [34]More videos
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[35]Friedrich Hayek, on liberty
Links:
35. http://crookedtimber.org/2012/07/04/coercion-vs-freedom-bhl-vs-brg-happy-4th-of-july
“If there were omniscient men, if we could know not only all that
affects the attainment of our present wishes but also our future
wants and desires, there would be little case for liberty"
[36]More quotes
Links:
36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
| [37]Homepage | [38]Mobile Apps | [39]RSS Feeds | [40]Twitter |
[41]Facebook | [42]Privacy Policy | [43]Contact Us |
Having trouble reading this email? [44]View it in your browser.
You are receiving this email because you signed up for the Best of the
Moment newsletter on [45]thebrowser.com. [46]Click here to unsubscribe
Links:
37. http://thebrowser.com
38. http://thebrowser.com/app
39. http://thebrowser.com/feeds
40. http://twitter.com/thebrowser
41. http://www.facebook.com/Thebrowser
42. http://thebrowser.com/privacy-policy
43. http://thebrowser.com/contact
44. *|ARCHIVE|*
45. http://thebrowser.com/newsletters
46. *|UNSUB|*