On a WWII binge, having watched Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Letters From Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers and Heartbreak Ridge within the past month, it was time to bring out The Tank.

As Clint Eastwood said in Heartbreak Ridge, adapt, improvise and overcome…

Here’s a collection of recent articles I enjoyed but didn’t have the ahem firepower to blog.

* Shiller: How a Bubble Stayed Under the Radar [NYT]
* The Unspeakable R Word [Newsweek]
* No Country for Old Maids [PIMCO]
* Negotiators Resolve FHA Obstacle [Congressional Quarterly]
* Vacant Homes in U.S. Climb to Most Since 1970s With Ghost Towns [Bloomberg]
* U.S. frees Fannie, Freddie reins despite huge losses [USAToday]
* Thornburg Mortgage Inc.: Attack of the Verbs [Seeking Alpha]
* Upcoming Congressional Scrutiny May Target Mortgage Brokers [Appraisal Institute]
* The dog days of real estate [SF Chronicle]
* Moody’s eyeing Fannie Mae downgrade [CNN/Money]
* The Crux Of Deluxe: With ‘Luxury’ Condos, Room for Interpretation [WaPo]
* Consumers’ Alarm Grows Contagious [Barrons]
* Stagflation and the Fed [Goldseek]
* Federal Reserve Fuels Fire Without the Kindling: Caroline Baum [Bloomberg]
* Urban Fractionals: Where Does It Make Sense to Buy? [Helium Report]
* Is Housing Market Pessimism Overdone? [WSJ Developments Blog]
* “The Suze Orman Show” and “Supernanny” uncover the perils of the American dream [Salon]