Michael Lewis | Vanity Fair | 11 September 2012 Admiring portrait. Much discussed, now ungated. Perceptively done. Good quotes. "There are some things about being president that I still have difficulty doing. For example, faking emotion." Obama has found his Schlesinger Comments George Soros | NYRB | 8 September 2012 ECB's bond-buying plan has ensured the euro will survive, says Soros. But many political decisions about the future of the EU will need to be taken in the next year or so. This is Soros's analysis of the choices that lie ahead Comments Brad Stone | Businessweek | 13 September 2012 A "backbreaking, soul-draining journey into what Silicon Valley venture capitalists often call the distributed workforce". Essentially, you bid online to do the tedious or unpleasant tasks that other people don't want to do Comments Chas Freeman | Middle East Policy Council | 5 September 2012 Speech. "The only real menace to our freedoms is our own willingness to supplant the rule of law with ever more elements of a garrison state, [while] the so-called war on terror has become an endless run in a military squirrel cage" Comments Mat Honan | Wired | 11 September 2012 Sequel to last month's story in which tech writer Honan described how his life descended into turmoil when he was hacked. This time, he goes eyeball-to-eyeball with a 15-year-old master hacker who tells him how and why he does it Comments Julian Baggini & Lawrence Krauss | Observer | 9 September 2012 Philosopher contends that science is engaging in "mission creep" but doesn't have all the answers. Some things are better addressed through other disciplines, such as philosophy. A physicist responds Comments Patrick McGrath | Intelligent Life | 11 September 2012 Novelist recalls growing up in high-security psychiatric hospital, run by his father, housing some of Britain's most violent criminals. "As a small boy you tend not to think about whether you're having an unusual childhood" Comments Christopher Beam | GQ | 11 September 2012 When he moved to Beijing for work, Chris Beam thought his proficiency in ping-pong would help him win the acceptance if not admiration of new Chinese acquaintances. In this charming piece, he explains how wrong that turned out to be Comments | 
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