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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [22 Feb 2012]

22 February 2012

 Best of the Moment

The Conversion

William Saletan | Slate | 22 February 2012

"To understand Mitt Romney, you have to understand the most difficult passage of his political life: How he changed his position on abortion. Not the story he tells about it, but the real story." A painstaking, fascinating piece Comments

Research, No Motion

Jesse Hicks | Verge | 21 February 2012

Outstanding analysis of Research In Motion: Its history, management, failure to capitalise on early BlackBerry success, and future potential. Are we watching the end of a once iconic brand? Or the start of a turnaround? Comments

Scott Ritter's Other War

Matt Bai | NYT | 22 February 2012

Bai meets UN weapons inspector who argued against US invasion of Iraq. And was later convicted of sex offences. "Everybody who lied about the war got rewarded. Because they played the game. Tell the truth, you don't get rewarded" Comments

Evil Overlords Or Lucky Devils

Anonymous | TimeOut Hong Kong | 20 February 2012

Hong Kong is a bastion of free-market capitalism, right? Wrong. These days it's more of an oligarchy. Four family-owned conglomerates dominate the economy. They've captured the regulators, they've got government in their pocket Comments

Race Finished

Jan Sapp | American Scientist | 19 February 2012

Caucasian, African, Mongoloid – we've all heard the terms. But is race a fundamental biological concept? Or is the whole notion of human races a myth? Important questions, clearly answered by way of a double book review Comments

Never Surrender: The Lonely War Of Hiroo Onoda

Giles Milton | Surviving History | 21 February 2012

In 1944, elite Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda was sent to the Filipino island of Lubang on a mission to carry out sabotage attacks. He was ordered never to surrender. And he didn't. Not until 29 years after the war ended Comments

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