The Browser daily newsletter [20 Oct 2012]

Daily Newsletter       20 October 2012 Thank you to all those of you who've joined our new membership scheme. For those who haven't, please consider supporting us by becoming a member. Click here to find out about the extra benefits available to members.  Best of the Moment Are Capitalism And Democracy Failing Us? Raghuram Rajan | Fault Lines | 19 October 2012 "There are two important challenges to the legitimacy of capitalism in the West today. First, it no longer seems to provide equal opportunity to all. A second big challenge is the coming selective enforcement of property rights" Comments Paradise With An Asterisk SC Gwynne | Outside | 17 October 2012 Visit to Bikini Atoll. Tiny ring of islands in middle of the Pacific; stunningly beautiful; site of US nuclear bomb tests. Long-term effect of fallout wasn't understood; Bikinian people were sent into nuclear exile; lives ruined Comments Mad To Be Saved Thomas Powers | London Review Of Books | 17 October 2012 Best first sentence ever: "Jack Kerouac's short life, big talent and last dollar were all just about exhausted when Joyce Glassman bought him a dinner of hot dogs and beans on a Saturday night in New York City in January 1957" Comments Out Of The Ashes Of Dead Trees Andrew Sullivan | Daily Beast | 18 October 2012 Reflections on the death of Newsweek's print edition. "There's a reason why Drudge Report and the Huffington Post are named after human beings. It's because when we read online, we migrate to read people, not institutions" Comments Sympathy For The Plutocrat Nick Hanauer | Reuters | 16 October 2012 "People like me don't hate Obama because he's going to raise our taxes, although we hate that plenty. We hate him because his views about the importance and primacy of the middle class diminish our status. Our prestige is at stake" Comments Visualizing Vastness Steven Strogatz | NYT | 15 October 2012 "If I tell you the Earth is about 8,000 miles in diameter and 93,000,000 miles from the Sun, does that give you any sense of the distances involved? No, because the numbers are too big." So here's how to go about understanding size Comments  FiveBooks Interview Gary Taubes on Dieting Struggling to hold yourself to a calorie-counting regimen? Ignore the conventional advice on losing weight, says the science writer – what constitutes a healthy diet needs to be drastically re-evaluated  Featured Special Report Air Travel Airlines opened to us a world of thrilling possibility. But, for many, flying is still a terrifying prospect. Crashes, though rare, do happen. And then there are the security procedures bequeathed to us by 9/11   Reader Recommendations @smiler29 #browsings Mitt, Tagg, And The Romney Family's Myth Of Self-Reliance | The New Republic t.co/aKyMSNzP #browsings  Book of the Day Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries by Jessica Pressman says: “This should be the first port of call for anyone who wants to see electronic literature in action. It creates a performance online that challenges the ways in which we describe and understand what we mean by literature.”  Video of the Day Bad Lip Reading: Presidential Debate Go to a quiet place. You are about to have hysterics  Quote of the Day Jane Smiley, on men "Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family" | Homepage | Mobile Apps | RSS Feeds | Twitter | Facebook | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. You are receiving this email because you signed up for the Best of the Moment newsletter on thebrowser.com. Click here to unsubscribe The Browser Ltd, 106 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6PF

Cheat Sheet - Obama’s Last Dance

Today: Lebanese Blame Syria for Blast , Why Roger Ailes Won't Walk Away , Malala Able to Stand October 20, 2012 Dilemma 1. Team Obama Preps for the Final Debate Hit too hard, and he risks turning off independent voters. Too soft, and Romney regains momentum. The Daily Beast’s James Warren reports on Team Obama’s final debate prep. Read it at The Daily Beast WHO DONE IT 2. Lebanese Blame Syria for Blast After a bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut Friday afternoon, many Lebanese are pointing fingers at neighboring Syria. Among the eight dead was a pro-revolution Lebanese security official who had recently uncovered a reported plot by Syria to create unrest in Lebanon, igniting accusations that Assad’s government was behind the attack. The Syrian government issued a statement condemning the bombing, but regional experts say the blast appears to have been an attempt by President Assad to destabilize Lebanon and bring the war deeper into the country that already harbors thousands of refugees. Protesters gathered at the bombing site later in the night to mourn the victims and express anger over the fallen official. Read it at The Daily Beast SPIN CYCLE 3. Why Roger Ailes Won’t Walk Away The Fox News chairman inked a four-year deal on Friday with all Fox networks. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz, who broke the news, on why Roger Ailes isn’t retiring yet. Read it at The Daily Beast Healing 4. Malala Able to Stand Doctors in the British hospital where young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is being treated for gunshot wounds said on Friday that she is steadily recovering. Having come out of a medically induced coma, she is now able to write and stand up on her own and has indicated that she has retained her full memory. However, Yousafzai is "still very ill," according to the hospital, and doctors warn that due to swelling, her brain injury has not been fully evaluated. Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban last week, targeted for her efforts to improve girls’ education. Read it at The New York Times Mistake 5. Police Stopped Watching Toulouse Shooter French police apparently decided to drastically reduce surveillance on Mohamed Merah, the man who went on an anti-Semitic rampage in Toulouse in March before being killed by police, in the months before the attack, according to French intelligence documents leaked Friday. Although authorities knew of his ties to Islamist extremists, they determined to monitor him on only a "selective basis" in November, four months before the shootings. Merah had apparently been under surveillance since 2006 and identified as a “privileged target” at the beginning of last year, after he returned from Afghanistan. Other documents indicate that he was in regular contact with “the radical Islamist movement in Toulouse.” Read it at France 24 WOW Diabetes Study: Weight Loss No Help To prevent heart attacks and strokes. Scary Doctors Fear Targeted Attacks in China Teenager sentenced for killing a medical worker and stabbing three others. Conflict Israel Raids Pro-Palestinian Ship Ship had been planning to breach Israel’s naval blockade. Tragic Big Tex Burns to Ground Texas State Fair icon had represented the fair since 1952. CLOSE CALL Spears’s Dad Feared Her Death His attorney says in the family’s court case. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Bombs, Sex, and the BBC Would terrorist Ahsan Nafis have obtained a bomb without the help of the FBI? On today's NewsBeast, Michael Daly, Paula Froelich, and host Tony Dokoupil weigh in on Nafis's thwarted attack—plus a figurative bomb at the BBC: a sex scandal nearing Sandusky proportions. More Videos The Search for Jessica Ridgeway’s Killer by Christine Pelisek The Week’s Best Reads by David Sessions Richard Burton’s Sex Diaries by Kevin Fallon

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