Weekly newsletter 12
Best of the Week
[5]The Invisible Army
Links:
5. http://b.rw/lsV1Yd
Sarah Stillman | New Yorker | 6 June 2011
Horrifying investigation, recently ungated, into "third-country nationals"
working for US military in war zones. Employed by unscrupulous
subcontractors, they're lied to, abused, trapped in jobs that are more like
indentured labour [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/invisible-army
[7]Time For Plan B
Links:
7. http://b.rw/mKINs6
Anonymous | Spiegel | 20 June 2011
More excellent reporting on euro woes. Includes explanation of why "if the
current situation continues, the monetary union will invariably turn into a
transfer union, a path the inventors of the euro were determined to prevent"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/time-plan-b
[9]The Illusions Of Psychiatry
Links:
9. http://b.rw/lO9OMp
Marcia Angell | NYRB | 19 June 2011
Second article in a damning series on mental illness. This piece, by way of
a dual book review, discusses widespread use of psycho-active drugs in
children and how pharmaceutical firms influence the field of psychiatry
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/illusions-psychiatry
[11]The Rise And Inglorious Fall Of Myspace
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ieHl6d
Felix Gillette | Businessweek | 22 June 2011
How Myspace snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. "There were things
that we knew would be more efficient for the user that we didn't act on
immediately because it would reduce page views." Big mistake. And not the
only one [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rise-and-inglorious-fall-myspace
[13]A Dirty Business
Links:
13. http://b.rw/ls6pbR
George Packer | New Yorker | 20 June 2011
Long piece on hedge fund Galleon and Preet Bharara, lawyer charged with
bringing Wall Street to heel. “When sophisticated business people begin to
adopt the methods of common criminals, we have no choice but to treat them
as such" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dirty-business
[15]Michele Bachmann's Holy War
Links:
15. http://b.rw/jOCry5
Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone | 22 June 2011
Aspiring Republican gets the Taibbi treatment. "Bachmann is exactly the
right kind of completely batshit crazy. Not medically crazy, not
talking-to-herself-on-the-subway crazy, but grandiose crazy, late-stage Kim
Jong-Il crazy" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/michele-bachmanns-holy-war
[17]The Liberty Scam
Links:
17. http://b.rw/mtWuuD
Stephen Metcalf | Slate | 20 June 2011
Robert Nozick, philosophical father of libertarianism, attacked theories of
social justice. He paved the way for Ronald Reagan's political revolution,
for rising inequality, and for market fundamentalism. Then he changed his
mind [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/liberty-scam
[19]Long, Lame Afterlife Of Mikhail Gorbachev
Links:
19. http://b.rw/ioJpkI
Anne Applebaum | Foreign Policy | 20 June 2011
Portrait of former statesman written in acid. B-list celebrity abroad.
Despised at home. Most of the historic events associated him happened either
by accident, or by mistake, or against his will. He wasn't bold, just
ignorant [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/long-lame-afterlife-mikhail-gorbachev
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Paul Krugman on Inspiration for a Liberal Economist
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-krugman-on-inspiration-liberal-economist
Continuing our weekly series on American progressivism, we talk to the Nobel
prize-winning economist, Paul Krugman, on why he counts himself a liberal
[22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-krugman-on-inspiration-liberal-economist
Featured Topic
[23]Film
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/film
What do film directors read? Is screenwriting literature? What are the best
Indian films? Is there fame in film subtitling? Our experts and editors have
the answers. For the film buff who browses ... [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/film
Reader Recommendations
_@sophiemaynard_ 10 myths about introverts: [25]t.co/NTrEJEY _#browsings_
h/t _@kottke _[26]More like this
Links:
25. http://t.co/NTrEJEY
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/taxi-by-khalid-al-khamissi
[28]Taxi by Khalid Al Khamissi
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/taxi-by-khalid-al-khamissi
[29]Humphrey Davies says: "This is a delightful book. It’s very much the
view from the street" [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://HumphreyDaviessays
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[31]True Cost Of Oil
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/true-cost-oil
Center For Investigative Reporting adds up the hidden costs of a gallon of
gasoline [32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[33]Charles Crawford, on negotiating
Links:
33. http://charlescrawford.biz/blog/diplomatic-carrots-undiplomatic-sticks
"If you don't know what you really want from a negotiation, don't be
surprised if you don't get it"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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