Best of the Week: December 21-27, 2009

10. No Exit -- Andrew J. Bacevich

9. Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up -- Jonah Lehrer

8. Banned Aid -- Jagdish Bhagwati

7. Obama and the Guantanamo Mess: A Way Out? -- David Cole

6. Cruise Missile Attacks in Yemen -- Glenn Greenwald and Al-Qaeda's Sights on Pakistan, and Beyond -- Syed Saleem Shahzad

5. IAEA Applying a Nuclear Double-Standard -- Gareth Porter and Salvaging the Uranium Deal -- Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

4. Doctors No One Needs -- Shannon Brownlee & David Goodman

3. Listening to Afghanistan -- Ann Friedman

2. Somalia Is Greatest Victim of President Bush’s War on Terror -- Martin Fletcher

1. Coverage and Costs -- Paul Krugman and The Senate Bill Saves Families Money -- Jonathan Cohn and Improve the Bill, Yes. Kill the Bill, No. -- Jonathan Cohn

BONUS: Some Notes on TR -- Eric Rauchway