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Saturday, October 6, 2012

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6 October 2012
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 Best of the Moment

Sicily, A Portrait Of Italian Dysfunction

Stephan Faris | Businessweek | 4 October 2012

"The danger in Sicily isn’t that the island’s economy will suddenly implode. As with the rest of Italy, the region’s problems are less economic than political. The biggest threats to Sicily’s future are its politicians" Comments

The Internet Blowhard’s Favorite Phrase

Daniel Engber | Slate | 2 October 2012

Brief history of use, and misuse, of phrase "correlation does not imply causation". Once a stats class admonition; now commonly and irritatingly used by second-rate debaters. How did it catch on? And why this particular phrase? Comments

Dead Or Alive

Steve Coll | NYRB | 4 October 2012

Review of "No Easy Day", Navy SEAL's account of Bin Laden raid. "He was neither armed nor aggressive at the moment of his death." But Obama knew from bitter experience with Guantanamo prisoners that killing was easier than capture Comments

The Unsolved Mystery Of The Tunnels At Baiae

Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 1 October 2012

On the north shore of the Bay of Naples lies a tunnel complex leading to a hot, underground stream. Who built it? And for what purpose? It's been estimated to date from 550 BC, and may have had a quite intriguing use Comments

The Metaphoreign Body

Tod Wodicka | Granta | 4 October 2012

"In 2005, a couple of days after my girlfriend of a few months discovered that she was pregnant, I was rushed to a Prague hospital because a screaming golf ball-sized growth had appeared near the base of my tailbone" Comments

On The Demand For Referees

David Warsh | Economic Principals | 30 September 2012

Good referees are vital, if not always popular. Not only on the field, but wherever it's important to create and preserve order, and prevent corruption. Policemen, critics, judges, regulators: Think of them as the "guardian trades" Comments

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