From the Archives: 8/22/2012 Edition

Rebuilding the World Trade Center

http://www.esquire.com/print-this/world-trade-center-rebuilding-0912?page=all

 

Apple v Samsung Closing Arguments

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/in-closing-arguments-apple-lawyer-tells-samsung-make-your-own-phones/

 

An Oral History of White Men Can’t Jump (sans an incarcerated W. Snipes)

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8266665/an-oral-history-ron-shelton-basketball-comedy-white-men-jump

 

How the internet could learn to feel

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/08/the-nature-of-consciousness-how-the-internet-could-learn-to-feel/261397/?single_page=true

 

It’s bizarre that this is a job (google)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/reyhan/tech-confessional-the-googler-who-looks-at-the-wo

 

Mark Ames on the Pussy Riot case

http://nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/pussy-riot

and the original article

http://www.tnr.com/print/article/politics/105846/how-punk-rock-show-trial-became-russias-greatest-gonzo-artwork

 

Wisconsin warns of future “crowdsourcing scams” that I would like to be at the forefront of

http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/state-warns-of-future-scams-capitalizing-on-crowdfunding-trend/article_935f7630-ebec-11e1-a7b3-001a4bcf887a.html

 

The US Tax System, who really pays?

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ir_22.htm

 

Baby Boomers don’t make cool stuff anymore (P.J O’Rourke)

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/thee-i-sigh-baby-boomers-bust

 

Paul Ryan’s other Guru

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/magazine/prime-time-for-paul-ryans-guru-the-one-thats-not-ayn-rand.html?_r=2&em&pagewanted=all