Newsletter 777
[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 Legitimate Children Of Rape
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6. http://b.rw/PEWJ6r
Andrew Solomon | New Yorker | 29 August 2012
Powerful, moving piece on the history of rape, and children born to
victims. “Can you tell me how to love my daughter more? I want to love
her so much, and I try my best, but when I look at her I see what
happened to me" [7]Comments
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7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/legitimate-children-rape
[8]Polar Melting Signals End Of Pax Arctica
Links:
8. http://b.rw/TCnncN
Irvin Studin | FT | 29 August 2012
Melting ice makes resource-rich Arctic lands accessible and
exploitable. Five countries—the US, Russia, Canada, Norway and
Denmark—have overlapping claims in the region. Prepare for trouble as
they all start to exercise them [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/polar-melting-signals-end-pax-arctica
[10]Talk Like An Iranian
Links:
10. http://b.rw/Oqhfma
Christopher de Bellaigue | Atlantic | 25 August 2012
Bellaigue, an Englishman whose wife is Iranian, visits the Department
of Alien Affairs in Tehran to apply for citizenship. He is told his
case stands a good chance of success. What follows is a lesson in
Iranian manners and culture [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/talk-iranian
[12]Seeking The Endemic Birds Of Jamaica And St Lucia
Links:
12. http://b.rw/TCDZRL
Jonathan Franzen | Condé Nast Traveler | 30 August 2012
One man, seven days, 33 elusive birds. "Part of the appeal of the
birding game is that failure is inevitable, since nobody will ever see
every species on the planet; and games in which success can be assured
are not worth playing" [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/seeking-endemic-birds-jamaica-and-st-lucia
[14]When The Bosphorus Dries Up
Links:
14. http://b.rw/OzF6U1
Orhan Pamuk | New City Reader | 28 August 2012
Science fiction, sort of. "As we sit on the balconies from which we
once watched the moon glitter silver on the silken waters of the
Bosphorus, we’ll watch instead the blue smoke rising from the corpses
we’ve had to burn in a hurry" [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/when-bosphorus-dries
[16]The Long, Strange Trip of Dock Ellis
Links:
16. http://b.rw/N1jIXJ
Patrick Hruby | ESPN | 24 August 2012
In 1970, Pirates baseball pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while on
LSD. He couldn't work out if the ball was a balloon or a golf ball, but
it left a comet trail. And Richard Nixon was behind the plate, calling
balls and strikes [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/long-strange-trip-dock-ellis
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Emrys Westacott on Philosophy and Everyday Living
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/emrys-westacott-on-philosophy-and-everyday-living
Philosophy is sometimes assumed to be a dry, academic subject but, in
reality, is anything but. A philosophy professor tells us how his
subject is at least as much about how we live, love and relate to each
other [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/emrys-westacott-on-philosophy-and-everyday-living
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
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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/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-by-cs-lewis
[26]The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-by-cs-lewis
[27]Lev Grossman says: “I don’t think Lewis gets enough credit for his
craft as a writer. The books are deceptively simple, one precisely
observed sensory detail after another” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]The Abortion War
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/abortion-war
'There's a sea of wounded out there. They're going to be bleeding right
in front of you'
[30]More videos
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Clarence Lewis, on truth
Links:
31. http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2012/08/in-praise-of-bad-faith.html
"There is no a priori reason for supposing that the truth, when it
is discovered, will necessarily prove interesting"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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