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The Browser daily newsletter [31 Aug 2012]

31 August 2012
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 Best of the Moment

The Legitimate Children Of Rape

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" Comments

Polar Melting Signals End Of Pax Arctica

Irvin Studin | FT | 29 August 2012

Melting ice makes resource-rich Arctic lands accessible and exploitable. Five countries—the US, Russia, Canada, Norway and Denmark—have overlapping claims in the region. Prepare for trouble as they all start to exercise them Comments

Talk Like An Iranian

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 Comments

Seeking The Endemic Birds Of Jamaica And St Lucia

Jonathan Franzen | Condé Nast Traveler | 30 August 2012

One man, seven days, 33 elusive birds. "Part of the appeal of the birding game is that failure is inevitable, since nobody will ever see every species on the planet; and games in which success can be assured are not worth playing" Comments

When The Bosphorus Dries Up

Orhan Pamuk | New City Reader | 28 August 2012

Science fiction, sort of. "As we sit on the balconies from which we once watched the moon glitter silver on the silken waters of the Bosphorus, we'll watch instead the blue smoke rising from the corpses we've had to burn in a hurry" Comments

The Long, Strange Trip of Dock Ellis

Patrick Hruby | ESPN | 24 August 2012

In 1970, Pirates baseball pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while on LSD. He couldn't work out if the ball was a balloon or a golf ball, but it left a comet trail. And Richard Nixon was behind the plate, calling balls and strikes Comments

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