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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [18 Sep 2012]

18 September 2012
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 Best of the Moment

Thurston Howell Romney

David Brooks | NYT | 17 September 2012

You don't need to be a liberal or a Democrat to be a critic of Mitt Romney. Here's what the Republican candidate got wrong in his recently revealed comments at a fund-raiser, and what it says about him Comments

What The Arab Movie Riots Mean For US Foreign Policy

Andrew Bacevich | Newsweek | 17 September 2012

America talks a game of peace and progress in the Middle East yet for decades gave unstinting support to dictators. So forgive Arabs and Muslims if American idealism rings a little hollow. Maybe the US should just butt out Comments

The Honor System

Chris Jones | Esquire | 17 September 2012

The premise of the story feels a bit shaky: That magicians have only lately started stealing one another's tricks, and that Teller (of Penn and Teller) is shocked by this piracy. But still, it's a lovely portrait of Teller Comments

Why I Love Mormonism

Simon Critchley | NYT | 16 September 2012

"As a scholar of Mormonism once remarked, one does not need to read the Book of Mormon in order to have an opinion about it." But what happens if you do read it? What does the theology of Mormonism imply? Comments

Remember Herostratus

Stephen Cave | Aeon | 17 September 2012

How should we deal with those who seek celebrity through terrible deeds? Perpetrators appear to revel in notoriety. So why not find a way to both hold them accountable and impose on them our ridicule and contempt Comments

The Deadliest Poisons In History

Esther Inglis-Arkell | io9 | 13 September 2012

"Sometimes when we look around our lives we can't help but think — this situation would be greatly improved with the use of a little poison." But which one to choose? Hemlock? Belladonna? Mandrake? Arsenic? Or strychnine? Comments

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