America’s History of Fear Invective against Catholics in the 19th century sounds remarkably like anti-Muslim sentiment today. | New York Times

We overreacted to 9/11 Nine years on, can anyone doubt that Al Qaeda is not that deadly a threat? | Newsweek

Giving away Dan Brown Charity givers donated more Dan Brown books to Oxfam than any other author but he was only number 10 on the list for most books sold. | The Economist

The BBC worldview: the Pope and the Mosque If the mosque protestors are Islamophobes, then the anti-pope protestors are surely Cathophobes. | London Telegraph

Cover story The first printed books came with a question: What do you do with these things? | Boston Globe

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor. Really. We Mean It. Economists are making the case politicians are afraid to: Immigration is great for the U.S. | Slate

The Generation That Can’t Move On Up Young working class adults are losing not only jobs but also their connections to basic social institutions such as marriage and religion. | Wall Street Journal

The Case for Boredom Stimulation, Civility, and Modern Boyhood | New Atlantis

How to feed the world The emerging conventional wisdom about world farming is gloomy. Brasil shows there is an alternative . | The Economist

Something to Love Among the Ruins Three young architects offer a beautiful alternative to modernism’s ravages. | City Journal

True Barbarians Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity | Policy Review

The Financial Crisis and the Scientific Mindset The breakdown of the sovereignty of technique has been masked by government intervention. | New Atlantis

I lay paralysed and unable to speak for 18 months… but my family's unyielding love brought about a true miracle | Daily Mail