Newsletter 774
[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 Real Romney
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6. http://b.rw/Pmrltk
David Brooks | NYT | 27 August 2012
Anthology-grade snark. "Romney was a precocious and gifted child. He
uttered his first words (I like to fire people) at age 14 months, made
his first gaffe at 15 months and purchased his first nursery school at
24 months" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/real-romney
[8]Surfonomics Quantifies Worth Of Waves
Links:
8. http://b.rw/SGhDTi
Gregory Thomas | Washington Post | 24 August 2012
Surfers search the globe for perfect waves. But when they find one,
tourists and developers soon follow. Construction changes the
coastline. Now surfers push back: Local economies earn more from waves
than from apartment blocks [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/surfonomics-quantifies-worth-waves
[10]The Village Where People Have Dementia – And Fun
Links:
10. http://b.rw/MXeMmT
Jon Henley | Guardian | 27 August 2012
Dutch project takes innovative, humane and affordable approach to
dementia: A self-contained village where care aims at maximising
quality of life, by focusing on what residents can still do, rather
than everything they can't [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/village-where-people-have-dementia-–-and-fun
[12]The Facts Behind The Frack
Links:
12. http://b.rw/Ph5CNS
Rachel Ehrenberg | ScienceNews | 27 August 2012
"To call it a fractious debate is an understatement." Is hydraulic
fracturing worth it? And what are the risks it poses? The public debate
is polarised, and often ill-informed. Here's what the scientists have
to say about it [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/facts-behind-frack
[14]Chicks Dig The Uniform
Links:
14. http://b.rw/SGd7Et
Maria Farrell | Crooked Timber | 26 August 2012
Wife of British soldier posted to Helmand discusses emotional toll.
"The Army has created a Powerpoint to illustrate the highs and lows of
the soldier’s return from, ahem, the first moments of joyful return to
the inevitable fight" [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/chicks-dig-uniform
[16]Against Acknowledgements
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16. http://b.rw/T7LIXV
Sam Sacks | New Yorker | 24 August 2012
Acknowledgement pages appear "like pop-up ads" at the end of almost
every novel. No longer an expression of humility, but rather one of
arrogance, a chance for the author to brag about how many smart and
famous friends s/he has [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/against-acknowledgements
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Karl Rove on Compassionate Conservatism
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/karl-rove-on-compassionate-conservatism
The former deputy chief of staff of President Bush discusses five books
that define for him the essence of American Conservatism today [19]Read
on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/karl-rove-on-compassionate-conservatism
Featured Special Report
[20]American Conservatism
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/american-conservatism
Some of America's leading right-of-centre thinkers tell us about the
books that have shaped their views and explain what it means to be
conservative today. Click here to see which books our panel of experts
voted the most influential of all time [21]Read on
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21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/american-conservatism
Reader Recommendations
@[22]polit2k For Spain's Jobless, Time Is Money - [23]t.co/epxi1KUS
[24]t.co/fS2Q5ukl #[25]browsings #[26]banks #[27]ecos [28]More like
this
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22. http://twitter.com/polit2k
23. http://uk.wsj.com/home-page
24. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443404004577577352038273664.html
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#banks
27. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#ecos
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[29]Book of the Day
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/mindless-eating-by-brian-wansink
[30]Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/mindless-eating-by-brian-wansink
[31]Dan Ariely says: “This is one of my favourite books. He takes many
of these findings about decision-making and shows how they work in the
domain of food” [32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[33]Sport Doesn't Care Who You Are
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/sport-doesnt-care-who-you-are
"It doesn't care if you have two legs, one leg or wheels." Stirring
paralympics promo [34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[35]Barry Cryer, on Tony Blair's tan
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35. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/aug/25/assange-ecuador-olympics-government-chinese
"He's the only person I know who's a Roman Catholic and an Orange
man at the same time"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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