Newsletter 780
[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]Clash Of The Titans
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6. http://b.rw/T9JVWA
Peter Pomerantsev | Newsweek | 3 September 2012
A court case in London, the most expensive in UK legal history, pitting
one Russian oligarch against another. Pomerantsev has the fascinating
back-story on Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. And a certain
Vladimir Putin [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/clash-titans
[8]Las Vegas: The Last Honest Place On Earth
Links:
8. http://b.rw/T9COgU
David Flusfeder | New Statesman | 15 August 2012
Tournament poker player reflects on Vegas, and the game he loves. "In
playing a game of incomplete information, part of the agony is when you
never find out the answer to the question that has been posed"
[9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/las-vegas-last-honest-place-earth
[10]Beyond A Joke: The Truth About Why We Laugh
Links:
10. http://b.rw/OPMASJ
Robert Provine | Guardian | 2 September 2012
Great piece on the psychology of laughter. It isn't normally a response
to jokes; it's a social signal, not an expression of emotion. "The
relationship between laughter and speech is akin to punctuation in
written communication" [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beyond-joke-truth-about-why-we-laugh
[12]The Other Power In The West Wing
Links:
12. http://b.rw/N6NfPK
Jo Becker | NYT | 1 September 2012
Profile of Valerie Jarrett, "single most influential person in the
Obama White House". Gatekeeper, adviser, keeper of conscience. "If Karl
Rove was known as George W Bush’s political brain, Ms Jarrett is Mr
Obama’s spine" [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/other-power-west-wing
[14]Marathon Man
Links:
14. http://b.rw/SbPhkU
Mark Singer | New Yorker | 30 July 2012
Is Kip Litton a marathon fraud? Looks like it. But how does he do it,
when races are so closely monitored and nearby roads closed off? (Story
unlocked by New Yorker in light of Paul Ryan's recent remarks on
marathons – h/t @nuzav) [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/marathon-man
[16]Why I Had No Choice But To Spurn Tony Blair
Links:
16. http://b.rw/PVKIrV
Desmond Tutu | Observer | 2 September 2012
Tutu explains refusal to speak alongside Tony Blair. "If it is
acceptable for leaders to take drastic action on the basis of a lie,
without acknowledgement or apology when they are found out, what should
we teach our children?" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-i-had-no-choice-spurn-tony-blair
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Ian McEwan on Books That Have Helped Shape His Novels
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ian-mcewan-on-five-books-have-influenced-my-novels
Novelist Ian McEwan talks about the books that have helped shape his
own – from the biography of a scientific genius to a treatise on the
end of time – and the importance of finding ‘mental freedom’ [19]Read
on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ian-mcewan-on-five-books-have-influenced-my-novels
Featured Special Report
[20]The Fall of Lance Armstrong
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Once a hero, but now the game is up. Here's how the aggressively
preserved reputation of Lance Armstrong finally crumbled [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Reader Recommendations
@[22]rszbt RT @[23]adelaigue: A Citadel of High Economics Turns Fifty
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22. http://twitter.com/rszbt
23. http://twitter.com/adelaigue
24. http://www.economicprincipals.com/issues/2012.09.02/1412.html
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/chez-panisse-desserts-by-lindsey-remolif-shere
[28]Chez Panisse Desserts by Lindsey Remolif Shere
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/chez-panisse-desserts-by-lindsey-remolif-shere
[29]David Lebovitz says: “That book is a part of my life, and I was
heavily influenced by the simplicity of the recipes. All in all, a very
simple approach to honest cooking” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lebovitz-on-desserts
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Kubrick: One-Point Perspective
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/kubrick-one-point-perspective
Yes, now you come to mention it ... [32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]William Deresiewicz, on work
Links:
33. http://theamericanscholar.org/virtually-exhausted
"The Greeks had a word for people who worked harder than anyone
else: Slaves"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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