Two interesting articles I read today…
One on Detroit.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=cecbd59f-ab0c-4bd6-9f78-bf9f99cd5c80&p=1

and one on the Lowlands…
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/17-01/ff_dutch_delta?currentPage=all