Best of the Week: August 22-28, 2010

10. Balanced Budget Amendment a "Phony" Deficit Solution -- Bruce Bartlett
9. What About Germany? and Angela and the Fifty Hoovers -- Paul Krugman
8. Why Small Businesses Aren't Hiring -- Scott Shane, Young Firms, Not Small Ones, Are the Engines of Job Growth -- John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, & Javier Miranda, and Misrepresenting the Bush Tax Cuts, or the Return of Death Panels -- Howard Gleckman
7. A Filibuster Fix -- Norman Ornstein
6. Matters to Consider Before Launching Another War -- Gary Hart and Two Minutes to Midnight? -- Tony Karon
5. Petraeus' Dubious Strategy in Afghanistan -- Christopher Layne
4. The Taylor Rule and the "Bond Bubble" -- Paul Krugman
3. Dear Rev. Graham: Obama Was Not Born a Muslim and Neither Is Anyone Else -- Juan Cole and The Ground Zero Mosque and Cognitive Biases -- William Easterly
2. The Surveillance State Thrives on Fear -- Glenn Greenwald
1. Iraq Special Report: "American Soldiers Sacrificed a Lot. But We Sacrificed More." -- Jonathan Steele and Obama Plays Down Plan for Post-2011 Iraq Troop Presence -- Gareth Porter
BONUS:  Sigmoidoscomy: The Colonoscopy's Cheaper, Equally Effective Predecessor -- Jason Shafrin