A new issue of Homeland Security Affairs is out. From The Washington Monthly, a cover story on The Next Real Estate Boom: How housing (yes, housing) can turn the economy around; want to really fix the economy? Stop spending $300 billion a year on foreign oil, and invest it instead in ethanol and other homegrown fuels; and President Obama wants us to support ethanol — how about we do something better for the American farmer? A prince on politics: A review of The State in the Third Millennium by Prince Hans-Adam II. Rob Horning on the authenticity crisis and the dream of escaping irony. Don't want the government, big industry, and some 15 year old to know your secrets? You're shit out of luck. On blowing my load: Thoughts from inside the MFA ponzi scheme. Although the bank bailout program TARP officially ended on Sunday, it's likely that we'll see something like it again one day. Here's a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz, author of Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope, on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina. From Swans, a special issue on immigration. What Columbus Day really means: If you think the holiday pits Native Americans against Italian Americans, consider the history behind its origin. James Ley deems Terry Eagleton’s serpentine arguments for a "materialist" interpretation of morality as "borderline delusional". Friends of Noah: Jon M. Sweeney on the Judaic roots of the blessing of animals. Flamboyant and controversial, Arthur Demarest is one of the world’s foremost authorities, who is reshaping ideas about this ancient, advanced but long-lost Maya society. Who really rescued General Motors? Malcolm Gladwell reviews Steven Rattner's Overhaul. With the decline of the wristwatch, will time become just another app?
