Newsletter 739
[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]The Checkpoint
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6. http://b.rw/NP9jxx
Oded Na'aman | Boston Review | 23 July 2012
Inside the mind of an Israeli soldier. A fantastically interesting (if
dispiriting) account of the psychology of occupation. Israeli army has
power without authority so it must make Palestinians think it is
everywhere, and fear it [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/checkpoint
[8]Swiss Freeports Are Home For A Growing Treasury Of Art
Links:
8. http://b.rw/MUb5d3
David Segal | NYT | 21 July 2012
Where does the art world stash its masterpieces? In a drab warehouse
complex near Geneva. Security is excellent. The tax regime is even
better: There isn't one. Geneva Freeport is the art world's private
Cayman Islands [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/swiss-freeports-are-home-growing-treasury-art
[10]Russia's Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals
Links:
10. http://b.rw/PAO4jF
Noah Schachtman | Wired | 23 July 2012
"Kaspersky Lab isn’t just an antivirus company; it’s a leader in
uncovering cyber-espionage. Heading such a firm would be a powerful
position for anyone. But Kaspersky’s rise is particularly notable given
his KGB-sponsored training" [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/russias-top-cyber-sleuth-foils-us-spies-helps-kremlin-pals
[12]Preparing For Bashar Al-Assad's Exit
Links:
12. http://b.rw/PAZbJm
Marc Lynch | CNN | 23 July 2012
It's premature to think that the end is close, but Assad is doomed. The
question, for Syria's short and medium term future, is how it ends.
There's little hope for a "soft landing" but here is what the
opposition and US should do [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/preparing-bashar-al-assads-exit
[14]On The Trail Of The Warsaw Basilisk
Links:
14. http://b.rw/PAVZxo
Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 23 July 2012
Deadly beast feared for centuries in Europe and North Africa. According
to legend, a crested snake that hatched from an egg laid by a rooster
and incubated by a toad. First described by Pliny the Elder. Warsaw
story comes from 1587 [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/trail-warsaw-basilisk
[16]Strange Things Happen At A Football Olympics
Links:
16. http://b.rw/MVSjBn
Simon Kuper | MioStadium | 23 July 2012
"For decades the tournament was a relaxed affair. At the Paris Games of
1924 the Swiss team reached the final and then planned to go home
without playing it. Their 10-day rail passes expired before the match"
[17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/strange-things-happen-football-olympics
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Paul Seabright on Evolution and Human Cooperation
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-seabright-on-evolution-and-human-cooperation
Think of Darwinian natural selection and you may think of selfish or
competitive behaviour, but this is far from the whole story, says the
author of The Company of Strangers [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-seabright-on-evolution-and-human-cooperation
Featured Special Report
[20]Air Travel
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel
Airlines opened to us a world of thrilling possibility. But, for many,
flying is still a terrifying prospect. Crashes, though rare, do happen.
And then there are the security procedures bequeathed to us by 9/11
[21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel
Reader Recommendations
@[22]polit2k Remembering Alex Cockburn | James Ridgeway | Mother Jones
[23]t.co/zdjWONfY via @[24]motherjones [25]#browsings [26]More like
this
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22. http://twitter.com/polit2k
23. http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/07/ridgeway-alexander-cockburn
24. http://twitter.com/motherjones
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/imperium-by-ryszard-kapuściński
[28]Imperium by Ryszard Kapuściński
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/imperium-by-ryszard-kapuściński
[29]Geoff Dyer says: “With Kapuscinski it seems to me you get humanity
combined with politics and reportage telling you what’s going on in
different places” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/geoff-dyer-on-unusual-histories
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]The Art of the Profile, with David Remnick
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/art-profile-david-remnick
Most interviewers talk too much. Big mistake
[32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]William Deresiewicz, on tools
Links:
33. http://theamericanscholar.org/critical-tools-and-theoretical-machines
"Tools extend the human; machines replace it"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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