From The Washington Monthly, a little-known policy is turning sleepy central Florida into a green energy hub — could it do the same for America at large?; think government can’t fix the auto industry? Then how did it manage to fix the railroad industry — twice?; and the only thing we have to fear is fear of big government. The Big Takeover: The global economic crisis isn't about money — it's about power: Matt Taibbi on how Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution. The Demise of the Overconfident Jackass: How's this for American resilience? Rahm Emanuel and his tough SOB brethren have officially replaced the douchebag. The Missing Mahatma: Gershom Gorenberg is in search for a Gandhi or a Martin Luther King in the West Bank. Ronald Brownstein on why Obama can't satisfy the Left (and more). Terror begins at home: Will the Obama years see another militia scare? From PopMatters, a review of The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero by Angel Ndalianis; and does video game criticism need a Pauline Kael? More and more on The House of Wittgenstein by Alexander Waugh (and more at Bookforum). An interview with Peter Singer on PETA and the ethics of dog shows (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more on The Life You Can Save).
