Newsletter 744
[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]Why Capitalism Has An Image Problem
Links:
6. http://b.rw/QSS6W1
Charles Murray | WSJ | 27 July 2012
"Americans increasingly appear to accept the mind-set that kept the
world in poverty for millennia: If you've gotten rich, it is because
you made someone else poorer." Has capitalism had too much bad press? A
libertarian considers [7]Comments
Links:
7. https://thebrowser.com/articles/why-capitalism-has-image-problem
[8]Signals From The Void
Links:
8. http://b.rw/QNOiFw
Seth Fletcher | Popsci | 23 July 2012
Most physicists agree black holes exist; and that there is one,
Sagittarius A*, at the centre of our galaxy. In the next decade, an
ambitious project to build “biggest telescope in the history of
humanity” aims to reveal its secrets [9]Comments
Links:
9. https://thebrowser.com/articles/signals-void
[10]How To Raise A Child
Links:
10. http://b.rw/NzABJF
Judith Warner | NYT | 28 July 2012
Paediatrician Madeline Levine says: "Everything today’s parents think
they’re doing right is actually wrong." Pushy parents drive children
far too hard, creating "a generation of kids who resemble nothing so
much as trauma victims" [11]Comments
Links:
11. https://thebrowser.com/articles/how-raise-child
[12]The Ruins Of Empire: Asia's Emergence From Western Imperialism
Links:
12. http://b.rw/SXmEol
Pankaj Mishra | Guardian | 27 July 2012
"After two unwinnable wars, horribly botched nation-building efforts,
and many unconscionable human losses, the 'neo-imperialists' offering
seductive fantasies of the west's potency look as reliable as the
peddlers of fake Viagra" [13]Comments
Links:
13. https://thebrowser.com/articles/ruins-empire-asias-emergence-western-imperialism
[14]Old Polymaths Never Die
Links:
14. http://b.rw/MINayW
Adrian Wooldridge | Intelligent Life | 24 July 2012
On Isaiah Berlin and Hugh Trevor-Roper. Were they the last great
Oxbridge dons? "It is hard to think of any modern academics who will
command such attention after their deaths—or leave such a treasure
trove behind them" [15]Comments
Links:
15. https://thebrowser.com/articles/old-polymaths-never-die
[16]How To Write
Links:
16. http://b.rw/NMwAPw
Colson Whitehead | NYT | 26 July 2012
Eleven rules for aspiring writers. Remember: Have adventures. "Book
passage on a tramp steamer. Rustle up some dysentery; it’s worth it for
the fever dreams alone. Lose a kidney in a knife fight. You’ll be glad
you did" [17]Comments
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/articles/how-write
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Stephen Walt on US-Israel Relations
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/stephen-walt-on-us-israel-relations
The international relations professor tells us about the special
relationship between America and Israel – how it came about, what it
means, and how it should change [19]Read on
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/stephen-walt-on-us-israel-relations
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]nuzav What Can Mississippi Learn From
Iran? [23]t.co/09aboI5q #[24]Browsings
Links:
22. http://twitter.com/nuzav
23. http://t.co/09aboI5q
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/1948-olympics-by-bob-phillips
[26]The 1948 Olympics by Bob Phillips
Links:
26. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/1948-olympics-by-bob-phillips
[27]David Runciman says: “It’s worth reading just for the details about
how austere the 1948 Games were. In all sorts of different ways, what
we call austerity now doesn’t compare” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-runciman-on-london-olympic-history
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]I Hate Perfume
Links:
29. https://thebrowser.com/videos/i-hate-perfume
Would you wear a perfume that made you smell like a book?
[30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Tad Friend, on stars
Links:
31. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/25/120625fa_fact_friend
"A sirloin star like Brad Pitt is someone people long for, or long
to be. A hamburger star like Ben Stiller is someone whose struggles
and triumphs give us vicarious satisfaction"
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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