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Sunday, September 30, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [30 Sep 2012]

30 September 2012
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 Best of the Moment

The Decay Of American Democracy

Shadia Drury | Free Inquiry | 25 September 2012

"It seems to me that the most important lesson that America can teach the world in the twenty-first century regards the conditions that signal the imminent demise of the democratic body politic." Here's how, and why Comments

How Social Dynamics Made You Successful

Cass Sunstein | Bloomberg | 25 September 2012

Do you know the name Sixto Rodriguez? He was an unsuccessful singer-songwriter from Detroit, who released two albums in the 1970s. He bombed. But, curiously, became huge in South Africa. Which is where social dynamics comes in Comments

Why Big Money Can't Buy An Election After All

Bruce Bartlett | Fiscal Times | 28 September 2012

It depends who's giving the money, and what gets done with it. Here's how a lot of money channelled through Super PACs and other campaign groups gets wasted Comments

'The Best TV Show That's Ever Been'

Glen Charles, Les Charles, Jimmy Burrows et al | GQ | 27 September 2012

An oral history of Cheers. Ted Danson: "Women's libbers loved to hate Sam, but people who were bamboozled by women totally associated with him, [as did] people who thought they were God's gift to women" Comments

Why I Refuse To Vote For Barack Obama

Conor Friedersdorf | Atlantic | 26 September 2012

He kills civilians daily with drones in Pakistan. He approves the extrajudicial killing of American citizens. He made war in Libya without Congressional approval. He's done good things too, but that doesn't cancel out the bad ones Comments

Laser Pointer

Randall Munroe | What If | 25 September 2012

"If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?" Fun question, well answered. It won't work with laser pointers, but what about those searchlights mounted on police helicopters? Comments

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