Newsletter 763
[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]And So Once Gaddafi Left, One Spanish Town Got A Little Smurfier
Links:
6. http://b.rw/R6gHGj
Eric Ellis | Global Mail | 17 August 2012
When Sony painted Juzcar blue as a publicity stunt for its Smurfs film,
the tourists started descending on the struggling Andalucian town. So
what should it do when Sony left? Return to whitewashed walls, or stay
Smurf blue? [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/and-so-once-gaddafi-left-one-spanish-town-got-little-smurfier
[8]What Would It Take To Start A Gun Control Debate In The US?
Links:
8. http://b.rw/NDtQlz
Ethan Zuckerman | My Heart's In Accra | 14 August 2012
Three kinds of political idea: "Consensus", on which all agree;
"deviance", which is too radical for debate; "legitimate controversy",
where change can happen. Task is to move gun control from deviance to
legitimate controversy [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-would-it-take-start-gun-control-debate-us
[10]Chicken Of The Trees
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10. http://b.rw/S07C1B
Mike Sula | Chicago Reader | 16 August 2012
Country squirrels, fattened on nuts, make fine stew. What about their
urban cousins, fattened on dumpster-diving? Turns out, they taste
pretty good too. Even the brains: "Slightly creamy, almost like a soft,
roasted chestnut" [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/chicken-trees
[12]Time To Tax The Rich?
Links:
12. http://b.rw/Pp50az
Stefan Bach & Gert Wagner | Vox | 15 August 2012
This is written with Germany and the eurozone in mind but it has a
wider application. How does a government reduce debt at a time like
this without severely damaging the economy? Here is the case for a
one-off wealth tax [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/time-tax-rich
[14]Why Can't You Resell Old Digital Songs?
Links:
14. http://b.rw/Pp9VIB
Jessica Leber | MIT Tech Review | 15 August 2012
If you buy a car, and decide you don't want it any more nobody stops
you reselling it. Why not so for digital goods? Startup ReDigi is an
online marketplace for reselling music files. A neat idea. Except it's
now being sued [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-cant-you-resell-old-digital-songs
[16]After The Olympics Left
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16. http://b.rw/N0jotH
A Yi, Isabel Hilton et al | Granta | 14 August 2012
Brief impressionistic accounts from seven previous host cities. "The
kayaking centre has run dry; the baseball field has turned to sand; the
Olympic construction boss is serving time for taking bribes." One
question: Which city? [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/after-olympics-left
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Erica Jong on Unmissable Books on Women, Feminism and Life
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/erica-jong-on-unmissable-books-women-feminism-and-life
The celebrated feminist gives us her view of essential reading for
women – and says the gender revolution is far from over [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/erica-jong-on-unmissable-books-women-feminism-and-life
Featured Special Report
[20]Paul Ryan
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paul-ryan
He's the man with the (budget) plan. What will the selection of the
Wisconsin congressman as vice presidential candidate do for the Romney
campaign? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paul-ryan
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k RT @TimHarford: The most important object in the global
economy. Brilliant by @tomvanderbilt HT @tylercowen
[22]t.co/M3ZwD1Er [23]#browsings [24]More like this
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23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
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25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/innocents-abroad-by-mark-twain
[26]Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/innocents-abroad-by-mark-twain
[27]Charles Glass says: “In 1867 Mark Twain accompanied a group of
American Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. He sends them up
marvelously: their pretensions, their messianic belief that they were
better than anyone else in the world and their inability to understand
what was going on around them.” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-glass-on-americans-abroad
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Team Spirit
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/team-spirit
Funerals for sports fans. Short film by Errol Morris [30]More videos
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Emmanuel Derman, on accidents
Links:
31. http://www.emanuelderman.com/post/29483251912
"I can understand a random distribution, but is there such a thing
as a random event?"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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