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[5]How Fast Can China Go?
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5. http://b.rw/p7iYrY
Simon Winchester | Vanity Fair | 13 September 2011
Wonderful, evocative account of maiden journey on China's new needle-nosed
CRH380A supertrain. Reveals why "to Westerners, who have to endure
regulatory tedium and budget delays, what is happening in China simply
beggars belief" [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-fast-can-china-go
[7]Does The Euro Have A Future?
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7. http://b.rw/pEbGjn
George Soros | NYRB | 14 September 2011
If so, a tenuous and tempestuous one. "It is imperative to prepare for the
default and defection of Greece, Portugal and perhaps Ireland. The European
banking system would have to be recapitalized and put under European
supervision" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/does-euro-have-future
[9]F-16 Pilot Was Ready To Give Her Life On Sept 11
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9. http://b.rw/qiZVJa
Steve Hendrix | Washington Post | 9 September 2011
On pilot sent after flight UA93. "The one thing she didn’t have as she
roared into the crystalline sky was live ammunition. Or missiles. Or
anything at all to throw at a hostile aircraft. Except her own plane. So
that was the plan" [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/f-16-pilot-was-ready-give-her-life-sept-11
[11]It's Already Happened
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11. http://b.rw/ru4RYu
James Meek | LRB | 14 September 2011
Superb, highly readable essay on commercialisation of Britain's national
health service. And that's not something I thought I'd ever write. But it's
a fascinating story from the pioneers of hip replacement ops to lobbyists of
today [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/its-already-happened
[13]The Cognitive Science Of Rationality
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13. http://b.rw/mXJy6s
Luke Muehlhauser | LessWrong | 12 September 2011
At last, a decent overview of rationality research. Tough read but
rewarding. How human reasoning works and why it produces false beliefs,
biases and mistaken judgements. From "corrupted mindware" to "cognitive
miserliness" [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cognitive-science-rationality
[15]Racially Profiled And Cuffed In Detroit
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15. http://b.rw/mRI6Ab
Shoshana Hebshi | Stories From The Heartland | 12 September 2011
Disturbing epilogue to 9/11 commemorations. Half-Jewish, half-Arab woman
from Ohio tells how she was hauled off a plane and taken away by Homeland
Security after an anonymous complaint by another passenger [16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/racially-profiled-and-cuffed-detroit
[17]What Is Philosophy?
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17. http://b.rw/puFnw4
John Wilkins | Evolving Thoughts | 13 September 2011
Big question and surprisingly tricky to answer. Perhaps because its topics
cross disciplines and it doesn't use special methods or data. Is it best to
define philosophy as "what you do when the facts do not fix the solution"?
[18]Comments
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18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-philosophy
[19]The First Across The Continent
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19. http://b.rw/nTa5nP
Howard Eisenberg | Air & Space | 1 September 2011
Wonderful account of Cal Rodgers's epic quest to become first man to cross
America by plane. Essentially bounced along, from one crash landing to the
next. Total flight time? 49 days. Only thing to bother him? A shortage of
cigars [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/first-across-continent
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Jay McInerney on Essential New York Novels
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-mcinerney-on-essential-new-york-novels
The author of Bright Lights, Big City tells us what changed after 9/11 and
which books best capture the ambition, romance and creativity of New York
[22]Read on
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-mcinerney-on-essential-new-york-novels
Featured Topic
[23]Republican Contenders
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23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/republican-contenders
Romney, Bachmann or Perry? AN Other? Read our selection of background and
analysis articles on the Republicans hoping to be their party's choice to
challenge President Obama [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/republican-contenders
Reader Recommendations
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27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[28]Book of the Day
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/little-school-by-alicia-partnoy
[29]The Little School by Alicia Partnoy
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/little-school-by-alicia-partnoy
[30]Juan Méndez says: “It is about how torture is perceived by women and how
women retain their personal dignity even under the most demeaning and
distressing situations” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/juan-méndez-on-torture
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[32]The Pitch: Banning All Religion
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/pitch-banning-all-religion
Advertising agencies compete to sell the unsellable: "Let's make religion
history" [33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[34]Fran Lebowitz, on post-9/11 security
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/fran-lebowitz-on-new-york-writers?page=full
"All you would hear was: 'safety, safety, safety'. I think there is
nothing more dangerous than constantly thinking about safety"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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