Best of the Week(s): August 8-21, 2010
My reading hasn't been comprehensive these past couple weeks, but considering what it takes to pack up one's possessions and move across the country, this is a very high-quality list. -- AWO
10. Fun with Mortality Tables -- Paul Krugman, For Cost Control, Vouchers and Medicare Don't Mix -- Austin Frakt, and Rep. Ryan's Reverse-Robin-Hood Budget Plan -- Paul N. Van de Water
9. Tax Reform for the Rich and Ultra-Rich -- James Surowiecki and High-Income People Would Benefit Significantly from Extension of "Middle-Class" Tax Cuts -- Chuck Marr & Gillian Brunet
8. Democratic Values, Islam, and the Judeo-Christian Fallacy -- Stuart Whatley
7. Mitt Romney's Wet-Noodle Economics -- Robert B. Reich
6. Marriage and the Role of the State -- Glenn Greenwald
5. U.S. Middle East Peace Talks: Wrong Approach to Region? -- Tony Karon
4. Is Congress Subsidizing Slackers? -- Ruth Marcus
3. The Digital Surveillance State: Vast, Secret, and Dangerous -- Glenn Greenwald
2. The Myth of the Social Security System's Financial Shortfall -- Michael Hiltzik
1. News at 11: How Climate Change Affects You -- Amy Goodman and Media Wakes Up to Hell and High Water: Moscow's 1000-Year Heat Wave and "Pakistan's Katrina" -- Joseph Romm
BONUS: The Two Churchills -- Johann Hari