Simon Johnson | Baseline Scenario | 25 August 2012 "There is a powerful new voice who knows how big banks really work and who is willing to tell the truth in great and convincing detail." Jeff Connaughton's memoir is a "damning critique of how Wall Street operates" Comments Jake Bernstein | Pro Publica | 24 August 2012 Rhode Island lawyer Joseph Caramadre found a loophole in state law that allowed his clients to insure the lives of dying people, and collect the death benefits. Clever, callous, or even criminal? Whichever, it's a fine story Comments Farhad Manjoo | Pando Daily | 25 August 2012 Samsung pays $1bn, may face injuctions. But look at bigger picture. When the iPhone emerged, competitors reacted three ways. Nokia ignored it, Palm tried to leapfrog it, Samsung copied it. Right choice! Samsung alone has thrived Comments Rick Wilson | Ricochet | 24 August 2012 "So, you're going to Tampa for the Republican National Convention. Welcome to my home town, which is, to quote the classics, a hive of scum and villainy." Just don't go near Kitty McTitty's Boom Boom Room, ok? (h/t @polit2k) Comments Casey Cep | Paris Review | 22 August 2012 "Authorial intent, ever so difficult to divine, is usually at the center of posthumous publishing controversies. Organ donation provides an apt analogy. Books, like bodies, are not always the property of their originators" Comments Christine Assange, James Ball et al | Guardian | 24 August 2012 Fascinating. A kaleidoscope of colour and analysis on Assange the man, by those who've dealt with him, worked with him, or known him as friends or family. "I have two wars to stop. Will you be my Mary Magdalene?" Comments | 
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