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		<title>Best of the Week(s): May 9 &#8211; June 5, 2010</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anthony W. Orlando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that title correctly. Enough is enough. Let&#8217;s get up-to-date on this &#8220;What to Read&#8221; series. Sadly, we must ignore a lot of good articles, but here is a decent selection, heavily biased toward this past week. It&#8217;s good to be back on track! &#8212; AWO
10. The Black Art of &#8220;Master Illusions&#8221; &#8212; [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Yes, you read that title correctly. Enough is enough. Let&#8217;s get up-to-date on this &#8220;What to Read&#8221; series. Sadly, we must ignore a lot of good articles, but here is a decent selection, heavily biased toward this past week. It&#8217;s good to be back on track! &#8212; AWO</em></p>
<p>10. <a href="http://original.antiwar.com/pilger/2010/06/03/the-black-art-of-master-illusions/" target="_blank">The Black Art of &#8220;Master Illusions&#8221; &#8212; John Pilger</a><br />
9. <a href="http://www.wwfblogs.org/climate/content/arctic-sea-ice-extent-and-volume-at-record-lows-may2010" target="_blank">Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Volume at Record Lows for the Date &#8212; Nick Sundt</a>, <a href="http://www.wwfblogs.org/climate/content/alaska-wildfires-30may2010" target="_blank">Early and Severe Wildlife Situation Develops in Alaska as Fuel Conditions Reach &#8220;Historical Maximum Levels&#8221; in Some Areas &#8212; Nick Sundt</a>, <em>and</em> <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1498" target="_blank">Asia Records Its Hottest Temperature in History; Category 4 Phet Threatens Oman &#8212; Jeff Masters</a><br />
8. <a href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Columns/2010/May/052710Frakt.aspx" target="_blank">The Decline of Employer-Sponsored Coverage Under Health Reform: Good, Bad, or Ugly? &#8212; Austin Frakt</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5135" target="_blank">Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Pharmaceutical Markets: Effects on Demand and Prices &#8212; Dhaval Dave</a><br />
7. <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/02-8" target="_blank">CIA Drones Claim &#8220;License to Kill&#8221; with Impunity: UN Expert &#8212; Agence France Presse</a>, <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/obamas-expanding-covert-wars" target="_blank">Obama&#8217;s Expanding Covert Wars &#8212; Jeremy Scahill</a>, <em>and</em> <a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/06/cia-drone-operators-oppose-strikes-as-helping-al-qaeda/" target="_blank">CIA Drone Operators Oppose Strikes as Helping al-Qaeda &#8212; Gareth Porter</a><br />
6. <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/06/01/war-over-bank-capital-heating-up/" target="_blank">War Over Bank Capital Heating Up &#8212; Damian Paletta</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/02/why-won-t-washington-write-rules.html" target="_blank">How the Private Sector Outsmarts Regulators &#8212; Michael Hirsh</a><br />
5. <a href="http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/stavins/?p=643" target="_blank">Here We Go Again: A Closer Look at the Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Proposal &#8212; Robert N. Stavins</a><br />
4. <a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/06/russia-us-iran-nuclear-juggling/" target="_blank">Russia-US-Iran: Nuclear Juggling &#8212; Eric Walberg</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://www.fpif.org/articles/new_power_brokers_in_the_middle_east" target="_blank">New Power Brokers in the Middle East &#8212; Saif Shahin</a><br />
3. <a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/leonhardt-on-risk-bp-the-housing-bubble-and-budget/" target="_blank">Leonhardt on Risk: BP, the Housing Bubble and Budget &#8212; Dean Baker</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103831.html" target="_blank">Blue Dogs Took Up the Fight for Doctors&#8217; Pay as Poor Lose Health Coverage &#8212; Steven Pearlstein</a><br />
2. <a href="http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/05/31/israels_latest_brutal_blunder" target="_blank">What Could They Have Been Thinking?: Initial Thoughts on the Gaza Flotilla &#8212; Stephen M. Walt</a><br />
1. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/06/how-to-save-the-news/8095/" target="_blank">How to Save the News &#8212; James Fallows</a><br />
BONUS: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/opinion/30lewis.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Shorting Reform &#8212; Michael Lewis</a></p>


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		<title>Best of the Week: August 23-29, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony W. Orlando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dana Goldstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Sedaris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Mathews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Webb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph E. Stiglitz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[10. Michael Steele&#8217;s Disastrous Idea of a Republican Health-Care Proposal &#8212; Steven Pearlstein
9. Behavioral Theory &#8212; Dana Goldstein
8. When a Gifted Teacher Has to Jump Through Hoops Just to Keep His Job, Change Is Needed &#8212; Jay Mathews
7. Why Are Senior Citizens Crying &#8220;Socialism&#8221; at Town Halls? &#8212; Tom Schaller
6. The Lockerbie Bomber and the &#8220;Torture Regime&#8221; &#8212; [...]


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</a>9. <a href="http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=behavioral_theory" target="_blank">Behavioral Theory &#8212; Dana Goldstein<br />
</a>8. <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2009/08/_am_not_a_big.html?wprss=rss_blog" target="_blank">When a Gifted Teacher Has to Jump Through Hoops Just to Keep His Job, Change Is Needed &#8212; Jay Mathews<br />
</a>7. <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/08/why-are-senior-citizens-crying.html" target="_blank">Why Are Senior Citizens Crying &#8220;Socialism&#8221; at Town Halls? &#8212; Tom Schaller<br />
</a>6. <a href="http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/08/26/on_politics_and_the_rule_of_law" target="_blank">The Lockerbie Bomber and the &#8220;Torture Regime&#8221; &#8212; Stephen M. Walt<br />
</a>5. <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/214132" target="_blank">Still Undone: Remaking the Financial System &#8212; Michael Hirsh<br />
</a>4. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/economy/23view.html" target="_blank">How Cuts in State and Local Spending Endanger a Recovery &#8212; Robert H. Frank<br />
</a>3. <a href="http://www.juancole.com/2009/08/congress-needs-to-pass-some-laws-on.html" target="_blank">Congress Needs to Pass Some Laws on Controversial Issues &#8212; Juan Cole<br />
</a>2. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082802111_pf.html" target="_blank">Farewell to the Dollar as the World&#8217;s Currency of Choice &#8212; Joseph E. Stiglitz<br />
</a>1. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/opinion/26webb.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;pagewanted=all" target="_blank">We Can’t Afford to Ignore Myanmar &#8212; Jim Webb<br />
</a>BONUS: <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/24/090824fa_fact_sedaris?currentPage=all" target="_blank">Laugh, Kookaburra &#8212; David Sedaris</a></div>


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