Victoria Barret | Forbes | 18 October 2011 It has 50m customers. 96% of them pay nothing. But it's grossing $240m this year, and growing exponentially. Apple tried to buy it. Now Apple is trying to kill it. "You're a feature, not a product." How Dropbox solved freemium Comments Edward Docx | Prospect | 19 October 2011 Charming, light-touch account of meeting of European writers at Tolstoy family estate. Talk concerns the great man, the position of writers in the West and Russia, and the state of literary prizes. Much laughter, and vodka, ensue Comments Stephen Walt | Foreign Policy | 18 October 2011 On protests, from OWS to the Arab Spring. "Ask yourself: How many contemporary political leaders do you genuinely admire? How many of them would rate a paragraph in a revised edition of Profiles in Courage?" Comments John Hussman | Hussman Funds | 17 October 2011 Don't be misled by recent financial market rises. This looks like denial. And, if you have investments, it may be your best chance to review your appetite for risk. That fiasco with French-Belgian bank Dexia was only the start Comments MJ Rosenberg | Huffington Post | 18 October 2011 "For the first time in memory, if not ever, a highly respected mainstream columnist [in the United States] is calling on the US to cut aid to Israel." Are Congressmen and women listening? Might this be a significant moment? Comments Charles Bukowski | Letters Of Note | 18 October 2011 Following a reader complaint, Bukowski's book Tales of Ordinary Madness was removed from the shelves of a Dutch library in 1985 on the grounds that it was sadistic and discriminatory. This was his response Comments | 
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