Weekly newsletter 71
[1]A selection of our best article links of the week, plus featured
FiveBooks interviews, videos, quotations and more.
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Best of the Week
[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]Talk Like An Iranian
Links:
8. 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 [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/talk-iranian
[10]Revolt Of The Rich
Links:
10. http://b.rw/NwxGTd
Mike Lofgren | American Conservative | 27 August 2012
"The super-rich have seceded from America even as their grip on its
control mechanisms has tightened. But how did this evolve historically,
what does it mean for the rest of us, and where is it likely to be
going?" [11]Comments
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11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/revolt-rich
[12]Shattered Genius
Links:
12. http://b.rw/NU7IbT
Brett Forrest | Brett Forrest | 26 August 2012
On the trail of Grigori Perelman, brilliant Russian mathematician who
solved the Poincaré Conjecture and later turned down a $1m reward for
his work. After some amateur sleuthing, Forrest finds the reclusive
genius in St Petersburg [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/shattered-genius
[14]A Tragic Tale At A South African Mine
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14. http://b.rw/Oxsvk0
Imraan Coovadia | NYT | 28 August 2012
Commentary on Marikana confrontation that led to S African police
killing 34 striking miners. Could it be "that workers’ violence
endangers the country less than the unreal ways in which the superrich
take pleasure and show power"? [15]Comments
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15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tragic-tale-south-african-mine
[16]The Facts Behind The Frack
Links:
16. http://b.rw/Ph5CNS
Rachel Ehrenberg | ScienceNews | 27 August 2012
"To call it a fractious debate is an understatement." Is hydraulic
fracturing worth it? And what are the risks it poses? The public debate
is polarised, and often ill-informed. Here's what the scientists have
to say about it [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/facts-behind-frack
[18]The Village Where People Have Dementia – And Fun
Links:
18. http://b.rw/MXeMmT
Jon Henley | Guardian | 27 August 2012
Dutch project takes innovative, humane and affordable approach to
dementia: A self-contained village where care aims at maximising
quality of life, by focusing on what residents can still do, rather
than everything they can't [19]Comments
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19. http://thebrowser.com/articles/village-where-people-have-dementia-–-and-fun
[20]Being A Cheesemonger Is Better And Worse Than You Think It Is
Links:
20. http://b.rw/Ph6NOy
Martha Grover | Billfold | 24 August 2012
Wonderful recollections of working as a cheesemonger. "In the customer
service world, in the world of giving the most of yourself away on a
daily basis, there’s this paradox where in the end, you really give
people the least" [21]Comments
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/articles/being-cheesemonger-better-and-worse-you-think-it
FiveBooks Interview
[22]Emrys Westacott on Philosophy and Everyday Living
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22. 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 [23]Read on
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23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/emrys-westacott-on-philosophy-and-everyday-living
Featured Topic
[24]Human Modification
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Scientists are experimenting with different ways to enhance humans.
What's possible? And what may be possible in the future? Does messing
with Mother Nature raise ethical questions? [25]Read on
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25. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Reader Recommendations
@DiogoCMoreira RT @polit2k: "@delong: Ezra Klein on the Lies of Paul
Ryan [26]t.co/qD7BQxDD" #election2012 #gfc2 [27]#browsings [28]More
like this
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26. http://t.co/qD7BQxDD
27. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[29]Book of the Day
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/once-and-future-king-by-t-h-white
[30]The Once and Future King by T H White
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30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/once-and-future-king-by-t-h-white
[31]Lev Grossman says: “A thoroughly modern re-imagining of the story
of King Arthur. The first part alone may be the best story of a
childhood ever committed to paper” [32]FiveBooks Archive
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31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[33]The Abortion War
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33. 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'
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[35]Barry Cryer, on Tony Blair's tan
Links:
35. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/aug/25/assange-ecuador-olympics-government-chinese
"He's the only person I know who's a Roman Catholic and an Orange
man at the same time"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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