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5 October 2012
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 Best of the Moment

The Reality Of Anti-Blasphemy Laws

Hussein Ibish | Daily Beast | 3 October 2012

"Anti-blasphemy laws inevitably lead to the arrest and persecution of religious minorities, including children, in order to 'protect sensibilities' of religious majorities." Such laws are about authority and control, not respect Comments

The Blind Faith Of The One-Eyed Matador

Karen Russell | GQ | 3 October 2012

A year ago, a famous Spanish matador received one of the most horrific injuries in the history of bullfighting. Amazingly, he survived the severe facial goring. Even more amazingly he's now back in the bullring Comments

Why Your Car Isn't Electric

Maggie Koerth-Baker | NYT | 2 October 2012

Technological advance is a messy and unpredictable process. Winners and losers can be determined by all sorts of factors, including unlikely ones. As was the case with the early electric car industry Comments

Gaffe-Checking The Debates

Michael Kinsley | Bloomberg | 2 October 2012

What is a gaffe? "The theory is that the gaffe is actually the voice of the politician’s subconscious. A good test of whether you’re in the presence of a genuine gaffe is whether the speaker would take it back if he or she could" Comments

Diary: Philby In Beirut

Tom Carver | LRB | 4 October 2012

Travels in the footsteps of Kim Philby, who spent seven years in Beirut before defecting to Moscow. Wrote for The Economist, freelanced for the British secret service, drank heavily, ran off with a friend's wife, kept a pet fox Comments

10 Words You Literally Didn't Know You Were Getting Wrong

Taylor Houston | Lit Reactor | 3 October 2012

You can almost guarantee that when someone says the word "literally" they mean "figuratively". In honour of Joe Biden's repeated offences against the English language, here are 10 common mistakes and confusions to avoid Comments

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