Peter Pomerantsev | Newsweek | 3 September 2012 A court case in London, the most expensive in UK legal history, pitting one Russian oligarch against another. Pomerantsev has the fascinating back-story on Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. And a certain Vladimir Putin Comments David Flusfeder | New Statesman | 15 August 2012 Tournament poker player reflects on Vegas, and the game he loves. "In playing a game of incomplete information, part of the agony is when you never find out the answer to the question that has been posed" Comments Robert Provine | Guardian | 2 September 2012 Great piece on the psychology of laughter. It isn't normally a response to jokes; it's a social signal, not an expression of emotion. "The relationship between laughter and speech is akin to punctuation in written communication" Comments Jo Becker | NYT | 1 September 2012 Profile of Valerie Jarrett, "single most influential person in the Obama White House". Gatekeeper, adviser, keeper of conscience. "If Karl Rove was known as George W Bush’s political brain, Ms Jarrett is Mr Obama’s spine" Comments Mark Singer | New Yorker | 30 July 2012 Is Kip Litton a marathon fraud? Looks like it. But how does he do it, when races are so closely monitored and nearby roads closed off? (Story unlocked by New Yorker in light of Paul Ryan's recent remarks on marathons – h/t @nuzav) Comments Desmond Tutu | Observer | 2 September 2012 Tutu explains refusal to speak alongside Tony Blair. "If it is acceptable for leaders to take drastic action on the basis of a lie, without acknowledgement or apology when they are found out, what should we teach our children?" Comments | 
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