Weekly newsletter 14
Best of the Week
[5]What The Papers Won’t Say
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qLBRW7
Peter Oborne | Spectator | 6 July 2011
On Britain's phone-hacking scandal. Obviously, News of the World and News
International are to blame. But so are politicians of both sides, for being
frightened of Rupert Murdoch. And other newspapers, for keeping quiet about
it [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-papers-won’t-say
[7]Once Greece Goes...
Links:
7. http://b.rw/kNZTO1
John Lanchester | LRB | 30 June 2011
Excellent read on the EU, eurozone crisis, and coming default(s). Focuses on
Greece, of course, but also interesting on Germany and reasons for the
divide between politicians and public opinion in both those countries
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/once-greece-goes
[9]The Year Of Wonders
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qlYFn2
Alex Shakar | Millions | 7 July 2011
Author describes experience of writing debut novel – from giant advance and
swift literary stardom to extraordinary story of how everything fell to
pieces post-publication. Enthralling from start to finish [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/year-wonders
[11]Obama's Original Sin
Links:
11. http://b.rw/iv4snk
Frank Rich | New York | 3 July 2011
"What haunts the Obama administration is what still haunts the country: A
stunning lack of accountability for the greed and misdeeds that brought
America to grave financial crisis." There must be a reckoning. For Obama,
for America [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obamas-original-sin
[13]Drugs And The Meaning Of Life
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rtQgyB
Sam Harris | The Blog | 5 July 2011
Would you want your daughter to take drugs? Most parents would not. "But if
she does not try a psychedelic at least once in her adult life she may have
missed one of the most important rites of passage a human being can
experience" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/drugs-and-meaning-life
[15]The Anatomy Of Intentional Action
Links:
15. http://b.rw/lj7Hq3
Dan Jones | Philosopher In The Mirror | 24 June 2011
To make a moral judgement about an act, you need to know whether it was
intentional or accidental. Right? Maybe. But what should we make of research
suggesting we're more likely to view an act as intentional if we disapprove
of it? [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/anatomy-intentional-action
[17]When Rape Victims Lie
Links:
17. http://b.rw/kwVtmr
Sasha | Sasha Said | 2 July 2011
"Good" rape victims dress modestly, are sober, upright citizens attacked by
someone they don't know, try to fight off assault, report it immediately.
Depart from this script, prepare to be disbelieved. But "bad" people get
raped too [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/when-rape-victims-lie
[19]Magicland
Links:
19. http://b.rw/km1ERF
Laurie Winer | LA Review of Books | 1 July 2011
Only two-and-a-half years but what a ride. Glenn Beck has broadcast his last
Fox show. If you're not continuing the fun via his website at least enjoy
this profile of the weeping TV star who found sobriety and Mormonism
[20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/magicland
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Jim Shepard on Short Stories
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jim-shepard-on-short-stories
The American writer shares his favourite collections, and tells us why short
stories are like guerrilla warfare and perfect for the Twitter generation
[22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jim-shepard-on-short-stories
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
@[25]sophiemaynard Rupert Murdoch pulls the "reverse
ferret": [26]t.co/kLU4Bdk#[27]browsings [28]More like this
Links:
25. http://twitter.com/sophiemaynard
26. http://t.co/kLU4Bdk
27. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[29]Book of the Day
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/collision-two-civilisations-british-expedition-china-1792-4-by-alain-peyrefitte
[30]The Collision of Two Civilisations by Alain Peyrefitte
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/collision-two-civilisations-british-expedition-china-1792-4-by-alain-peyrefitte
[31]Geoff Berridge says: "Peyrefitte uses remarkable Chinese as well as
British sources and has produced one of the most colourful as well as most
important works in the history of diplomacy" [32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/geoff-berridge-on-why-we-need-diplomats
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[33]Nick Davies on phone-hacking, Murdoch and the News of the World
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/nick-davies-phone-hacking-murdoch-and-news-world
"There is nobody who has been involved with the News of the World who is
safe" [34]More videos
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[35]Karl Smith, on children
Links:
35. http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/07/04/are-children-inferior-goods
"Children are inferior goods. That is, the richer we get the fewer we
want"
[36]More quotes
Links:
36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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