Newsletter 722
[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]Think Again: India's Rise
Links:
6. http://b.rw/PkhGm4
Sumit Ganguly | Foreign Policy | 5 July 2012
Is India ready to become next superpower? "Unless its leadership can
tackle problems from corruption to bureaucratic stagnation to political
dysfunction, its hope for global standing in the 21st century will
remain just a hope" [7]Comments
Links:
7. https://thebrowser.com/articles/think-again-indias-rise
[8]What If The New Particle Isn't The Higgs Boson?
Links:
8. http://b.rw/NbWKYA
Natalie Wolchover | Life's Little Mysteries | 5 July 2012
Interesting question. Harvey Newman, a high-energy physicist at CERN
involved in discovery of the new particle, says it would be "one of the
most exciting things that can happen." It could be our first glimpse of
a new physics [9]Comments
Links:
9. https://thebrowser.com/articles/what-if-new-particle-isnt-higgs-boson
[10]The Son Of Sam
Links:
10. http://b.rw/NyApUM
Mark Pulham | Crime | 27 June 2012
Remembering the hot summers of '76 and '77 when a serial killer known
as the Son of Sam terrorised residents of New York City. Eventually
captured when he received a parking ticket at last crime scene. But
questions remain [11]Comments
Links:
11. https://thebrowser.com/articles/son-sam
[12]Burma Or Myanmar: The Name Game
Links:
12. http://b.rw/MNUpIo
Min Zin | Foreign Policy | 5 July 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi has been warned by the Burmese authorities not to
refer to her country as 'Burma'. She says it's no insult to call it
that, and its people were never asked about the switch to Myanmar
anyway. So what's in a name? [13]Comments
Links:
13. https://thebrowser.com/articles/burma-or-myanmar-name-game
[14]Burning The Cathars
Links:
14. http://b.rw/Od8ZVT
Diarmaid Macculloch | TLS | 4 July 2012
Scholarly review of medieval historian RI Moore's groundbreaking title
The War On Heresy, a book that calls for a complete re-evaluation of
the heresy campaigns of 12th century Europe. Interesting throughout
[15]Comments
Links:
15. https://thebrowser.com/articles/burning-cathars
[16]Beautiful Ocean Waves From Incredible Perspectives
Links:
16. http://b.rw/Pk6LZO
Katie Hosmer | My Modern Met | 1 July 2012
Short, visually stunning photo gallery of ocean waves, as you have
never seen them before. The skill and timing required to capture these
shots almost beggars belief. Sit back, relax, dream of swimming in
crystal clear waters [17]Comments
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/articles/beautiful-ocean-waves-incredible-perspectives
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Craig Brown on Diaries and Autobiography
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/craig-brown-on-diaries-and-autobiography
The Private Eye satirist and author recommends five entertaining
published diaries, from Andy Warhol to Harpo Marx – and tells us why
parody is a pickpocket [19]Read on
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/craig-brown-on-diaries-and-autobiography
Featured Special Report
[20]Mitt Romney
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/mitt-romney
He has clawed his way to the finishing line for the Republican party
nomination. But what makes the man who would be president tick?
[21]Read on
Links:
21. https://thebrowser.com/reports/mitt-romney
Reader Recommendations
@[22]polit2k Schumpeter: No rush - In praise of procrastination | The
Economist [23]t.co/GtXP409W #[24]browsings
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22. http://twitter.com/polit2k
23. http://t.co/GtXP409W
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
[25]More like this
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25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/how-children-fail-by-john-holt
[27]How Children Fail by John Holt
Links:
27. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/how-children-fail-by-john-holt
[28]Carol Dweck says: “John Holt talks about why students turn off
their minds, why even students from privileged backgrounds and schools
become intellectually numb”[29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carol-dweck-on-success
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Jordanian MP Throws Shoe, Pulls Gun
Links:
30. https://thebrowser.com/videos/jordanian-mp-throws-shoe-pulls-gun
Action starts 25 secs in. We do mean action [31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Evelyn Waugh, on fragility
Links:
32. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/07/the-fragility-of-civilization
"The more elaborate the society, the more vulnerable it is to
attack, and the more complete its collapse in case of defeat"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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