Newsletter 753
[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]How Apple And Amazon Security Flaws Led To My Epic Hacking
Links:
6. http://b.rw/Nlg7j8
Mat Honan | Wired | 6 August 2012
"In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed."
Honan's Google account was compromised and deleted; his Twitter account
spued out racist tweets; and all data was erased from his iPad, iPhone
and MacBook. Here's how [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-apple-and-amazon-security-flaws-led-my-epic-hacking
[8]What Happened To Europe?
Links:
8. http://b.rw/OZhs46
Amartya Sen | New Republic | 2 August 2012
Masterful essay assesses history of European integration, and the
political and economic challenges facing single currency. "It is
difficult to see austerity as a soundly reasoned economic solution to
the European malaise" [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-happened-europe
[10]At The Olympics: Hype vs Reality
Links:
10. http://b.rw/RiS34B
Mike Marqusee | Mike Marqusee | 4 August 2012
"The boosterism is relentless. Commentators rush to squeeze the events
and results into preferred narratives and to draw an apposite moral
lesson. These lessons are invariably platitudes." So here's a different
interpretation [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/olympics-hype-vs-reality
[12]I, Nephi
Links:
12. http://b.rw/MJc8xp
Adam Gopnik | New Yorker | 6 August 2012
On the history and meaning of Mormonism. "Joseph Smith’s strange faith
has become a denomination within the bigger creed of commerce. This
gospel of prosperity is the one American faith that will never fail"
[13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-nephi
[14]Too Bad To Fail
Links:
14. http://b.rw/OWdnfl
Richard Cockett | Literary Review | 7 August 2012
Why North Korea is The Impossible State, and still exists. "The Kim
family has constructed a state that is so ghastly that everyone else
fears the consequences of its falling apart more than they look forward
to its demise" [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/too-bad-fail
[16]Reaching For 'The Heart Of The Matter'
Links:
16. http://b.rw/MJ7647
Aimee Liu | LA Review Of Books | 5 August 2012
Homage to Graham Greene. He cared. "The facts in Greene's fiction
resonate not just historically, but also philosophically and
theologically. Political exigencies within the narrative become prisms
for personal choice" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reaching-heart-matter
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Kenan Malik on Morality Without God
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god
Religion is often presented as the guardian of moral values. The
problem with this, says the author and broadcaster, is that it
diminishes what it means to be human. He draws on Plato and a medieval
Arab poet to explain why [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god
Featured Special Report
[20]Putin's Russia
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
A disputed election, protests, accusations of being a mafia state. As
Vladimir Putin prepares to take back the presidency, what kind of
country does he lead? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
Reader Recommendations