We’ve Seen the Future, and It’s Unmanned

Every so often in history, something profound happens that changes warfare forever. Next year, for the first time ever, the Pentagon will buy more unmanned aircraft than manned.

Source: Esquire
Published: Nov 1, 2009
Length: 12 minutes (3,171 words)

Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?

An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Feb 1, 1982
Length: 8 minutes (2,116 words)

Handle With Care

A guide to buying toxic assets.

Published: Oct 13, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,225 words)

Brave Thinkers

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Nov 1, 2009
Length: 29 minutes (7,408 words)

Refugees of Diversity

Forget the suburbs. Prosperous white Americans are settling in even more remote — and homogeneous — communities.

Source: Prospect
Published: Oct 12, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,656 words)

100 European Hotels Under $150

Over the last three years, thousands of readers have posted comments about their favorite hotels on the roughly 1,500 destination guides found on the Travel Web site. For this special issue, “Fall in Europe,” we used that database to research and then select 100 hotels that we feel represent some of the best bargains for travelers headed to one of 14 European cities in the next few months.

Published: Oct 11, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,334 words)

There Will Be Blood

Back in his native Sudan for the first time in years, the author observes the capital’s newfound oil wealth and argues that focusing narrowly on Darfur while ignoring the secessionist South could spell big trouble for all of Sudan.

Published: Oct 1, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,334 words)

Milking the Poor: One Family’s Fall Into Homelessness

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Oct 12, 2009
Length: 7 minutes (1,927 words)

Stiletto Stoners

They’ve got killer careers and enviable social lives. They’re also major potheads. Why are so many smart, successful women lighting up in their off-hours?

Author: Yael Kohen
Source: Marie Claire
Published: Oct 14, 2009
Length: 28 minutes (7,244 words)

An Inconvenient Truth Teller

From health-care reform to Afghanistan, Joe Biden has bucked Obama—as only a good Veep can.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Oct 10, 2009
Length: 15 minutes (3,905 words)