Best of the Week: January 31 - February 6, 2010

11. Is "the Process" Driving Opinion about Health Care? -- John Sides and Policy Compromise Is Easy. Political Compromise Is Impossible. -- Ezra Klein
10. Hottest January in UAH Satellite Record -- Joseph Romm and Groundhog Decade: We're Stuck in a Bad Movie, Where It's Always the Hottest Decade on Record -- Joseph Romm
9. Iran, China, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett, Analysis of Multiple Polls Find Little Evidence Iranian Public Sees Government as Illegitimate -- World Public Opinion, and Regime Change in Iran Will Come from the Centre -- Tony Karon
8. With Raw Recruits, Afghan Police Buildup Falters -- Rod Nordland, U.S., Karzai Clash on Unconditional Talks with Taliban -- Gareth Porter, Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators' Plan -- Gareth Porter, Taliban Take on the U.S.'s Surge -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, How to End the War in Afghanistan -- Ahmed Rashid, Not for Sale -- Ron Moreau, and A Look at America's New Hope: The Afghan Tribes -- Ruhullah Khapalwak & David Rohde
7. Five Myths about America's Credit Card Debt -- Robert D. Manning
6. A Very Productive Congress, Despite What the Approval Ratings Say -- Norman Ornstein
5. Seeking a Safer Way to Securitization -- Floyd Norris
4. All Bark, No Bite -- Clay Risen
3. Finding a Better Way to Grieve -- Meghan O'Rourke
2. Blair: Gaza's Great Betrayer -- Avi Shlaim
1. Eric Holder and the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial -- Jane Mayer and Susan Collins Spreads Central Myth about the Constitution -- Glenn Greenwald
BONUS:  From Fish to Infinity -- Steven Strogatz