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Monday, November 5, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [05 Nov 2012]

5 November 2012
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 Best of the Moment

Murder Of An Idealist

Sean Flynn | GQ | 5 November 2012

Reconstruction of events in Benghazi that led to the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens. "He understood that security wasn't just big guys with guns and armored convoys. It was having friends, and having people treat you as a guest" Comments

Chris Christie's Apocalypse

Benjamin Wallace-Wells | New York | 3 November 2012

"Every politician stands before podiums. But no figure in American public life—perhaps no one since Huey Long—inhabits a bully pulpit as fully as New Jersey governor Chris Christie." Sandy gave him his moment Comments

Love On The March

Alex Ross | New Yorker | 5 November 2012

Reflections on the political and social standing of gays in America. Change from complete repression to general acceptance has taken less than 50 years. Will a distinct gay culture and sensibility survive, or are they obsolete? Comments

How To Stop Illegal Downloads

Dan Ariely | Dan Ariely | 3 November 2012

Dan Ariely studies dishonesty; he even wrote a book about it. Then he found that book had been downloaded many times illegally. It changed his mind about digital piracy, and it got him thinking about what might stop it Comments

Anthony Scianna's Storybook Ending

Ashlee Valance | Businessweek | 1 November 2012

Commodity trader opens gay nightclub in Manhattan. "Scianna’s still working in a loud, noisy room filled almost entirely with competitive men who aggressively swap digits. Only instead of bulls and bears, it’s centaurs and unicorns" Comments

A Man Of Gifts

William Dalrymple | FT | 2 November 2012

Joyful remembrance of Patrick Leigh Fermor, model for generations of British non-fiction writers. Wartime exploits against the Nazis made him famous; the rest of his life was no less filmic, cavalry charges, blood feuds and all Comments

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