Charles Murray | WSJ | 27 July 2012 "Americans increasingly appear to accept the mind-set that kept the world in poverty for millennia: If you've gotten rich, it is because you made someone else poorer." Has capitalism had too much bad press? A libertarian considers Comments Seth Fletcher | Popsci | 23 July 2012 Most physicists agree black holes exist; and that there is one, Sagittarius A*, at the centre of our galaxy. In the next decade, an ambitious project to build “biggest telescope in the history of humanity” aims to reveal its secrets Comments Judith Warner | NYT | 28 July 2012 Paediatrician Madeline Levine says: "Everything today’s parents think they’re doing right is actually wrong." Pushy parents drive children far too hard, creating "a generation of kids who resemble nothing so much as trauma victims" Comments Pankaj Mishra | Guardian | 27 July 2012 "After two unwinnable wars, horribly botched nation-building efforts, and many unconscionable human losses, the 'neo-imperialists' offering seductive fantasies of the west's potency look as reliable as the peddlers of fake Viagra" Comments Adrian Wooldridge | Intelligent Life | 24 July 2012 On Isaiah Berlin and Hugh Trevor-Roper. Were they the last great Oxbridge dons? "It is hard to think of any modern academics who will command such attention after their deaths—or leave such a treasure trove behind them" Comments Colson Whitehead | NYT | 26 July 2012 Eleven rules for aspiring writers. Remember: Have adventures. "Book passage on a tramp steamer. Rustle up some dysentery; it’s worth it for the fever dreams alone. Lose a kidney in a knife fight. You’ll be glad you did" Comments | 
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