Best of the Week: October 25-31, 2009

10. Medical Robots and Technological Therapy -- Jerome Groopman

9. Is China Due a Reality Check? -- Andy Xie

8. Governments Must Not Bail Out Bondholders -- Lucian Bebchuk

7. Will the Public Plan Have Higher Premiums Than Private Insurance? -- Ezra Klein

6. Waziristan and the British Experience -- David Ignatius

5. More Schools, Not Troops -- Nicholas D. Kristof

4. An Ugly Peace -- Nir Rosen

3. Death Cometh for the Greenback -- Joseph E. Stiglitz

2. The Risks of the C.I.A.’s Predator Drones -- Jane Mayer

1. "Rape-Rape" -- Jenny Diski

BONUS: "Old Man" -- Charles Simic