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Monday, April 30, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [30 Apr 2012]

30 April 2012

 Best of the Moment

Red Flag In The Flowerpot

Jeff Himmelman | New York | 29 April 2012

Forty years since Watergate, the fascination endures. Researcher goes through Ben Bradlee's attic, finds old notes raising new doubts. Did a grand juror leak information to Bernstein? Did Bradlee doubt Deep Throat story? Comments

Air France Flight 447: 'Damn It, We’re Going To Crash'

Nick Ross & Neil Tweedie | Telegraph | 27 April 2012

Airbus went down three years ago in equatorial waters between Brazil and Africa. 228 dead. Two years to find flight recorders, another year to write report. Official verdict: Pilot error. But why didn't other crew members intervene? Comments

Machine Politics

David Kushner | New Yorker | 30 April 2012

George Hotz started the hacker wars. The grungy teenager from New Jersey was the first person to unlock an iPhone. But it was when he defeated Sony's PS3 that things started getting really out of hand Comments

Taking Risks With The Economy

Will Davies | Our Kingdom | 28 April 2012

Five years into the crisis, "The implicit association between the modern state and large financial institutions has become explicit. It is no longer possible to specify exactly where the state ends and the banking system begins" Comments

The First Global Man

Jeremy Adelman | Foreign Affairs | 26 April 2012

"It is no secret that globalization has been a disaster for some and a boon to others. That it has been the cause of great ecological transformations, dating back to Columbus' arrival in the Americas, is less well understood" Comments

Unexceptionalism: A Primer

EL Doctorow | NYT | 28 April 2012

If you wanted to ruin America then you would lead it into a futile war, attack civil liberties, impoverish the schools, enlarge the prisons, increase corporate power, make the rich richer ... Oh, hang on a minute Comments

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