Sebastian Junger | Washington Post | 13 January 2012 Interesting commentary on US Marines scandal. Does dehumanising the dead help soldiers cope psychologically with their act of killing? And how do you explain that it's ok to waterboard a live enemy but not urinate on a dead one? Comments David Kushner | GQ | 12 January 2012 Disturbing story of Luis Mijangos, who hacked into unsuspecting individuals' webcams to commit "sextortion". When eventually captured, FBI found 15,000 videos, 900 audio recordings, 13,000 screen grabs. From a total of 230 victims Comments Daniel Wakin | NYT | 14 January 2012 Great musicians part with great instruments only in old age or at death. Aaron Rosand was 84 when he sold his Guarnieri violin for $10m. Bernard Greenhouse's death puts his Stradivarius cello, one of 20, on the market Comments Matthew Engel | FT | 13 January 2012 Part five of wonderful series looks at the Tube. Moves nearly five million people around London every day. Still much criticised. "Are you ever going to sort this place out?" asks Engel. "By 2021. It'll be fantastic then" Comments Virginia Postrel | Bloomberg | 13 January 2012 Film biography of Margaret Thatcher portrays her as lonely and bitter in old age, having devoted her life to work and neglected her family. That isn't true, and it isn't fair. No comparable man would be depicted that way Comments Sophie Brickman | Gilt Taste | 10 January 2012 In the kitchen at New York City’s Gramercy Tavern. Line cook wishes she could say she was clean, well-rested, well-dressed for first lady's visit. Too bad. She did have an important aesthetic contribution to make though Comments | 
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