Best of the Week: March 28 - April 3, 2010
We will return to the "Top 10" format because the feedback didn't suggest much value-add from the "Top 15". If you wish us to return to the "Top 15" at any time in the future, please don't hesitate to leave a comment on the site or email us. -- AWO
10. Why Celibacy Should Be Abolished -- Hans Küng
9. EIA: New Offshore Drilling Will Lower Gas Prices in 2030 a Few Pennies a Gallon -- Joseph Romm, Risk Is Clear in Drilling; Payoff Isn't -- John M. Broder & Clifford Krauss, Grounded Ship: 3km Oil Spill on Great Barrier Reef -- Marissa Calligeros, and What the Frack? -- David Biello
8. Here We WMD Again -- Scott Ritter, The United States, Iran, and the Middle East's New "Cold War" -- Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett, and "Reporting" on Iran Should Seem Familiar -- Glenn Greenwald
7. Is the Health Care Law Unconstitutional? -- Jack M. Balkin, Randy Barnett, Abbe R. Gluck, David B. Rivkin, Lee A. Casey, & James F. Blumstein, Individual Mandate Penalties Are Adequate -- Austin Frakt, Is "ObamaCare" Destroying Wealth? -- Uwe E. Reinhardt, and Economy Will Get a Boost from Health Care Overhaul -- Mitchell Schnurman
6. The Income Rollercoaster -- Karen Dynan and High Income Disparity Leads to Low Savings Rates -- Yves Smith
5. What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous? -- Robert A. Pape, Lindsey O'Rourke, & Jenna McDermit, Lady Gaga vs. the Occupation -- Thomas Hegghammer, and Hating Us For Our Degeneracy -- Daniel Larison
4. Study: Two-Thirds of Boys in Afghan Jails Are Brutalized -- Gareth Porter, Iraqi Children's Growth Stunted by War, Says Study -- BBC News, Pacified Populations -- Kathy Kelly, Night Raids Belie McChrystal's New Image -- Gareth Porter, and Gen. McChrystal: We've Shot "an Amazing Number of People" Who Were Not Threats -- Justin Elliott
3. 10 Questions for Finance Reformers -- Barry Ritholtz and The Lone Star Secret -- Alyssa Katz
2. Fiscal Policies in "Normal" and "Abnormal" Recessions -- Paul De Grauwe
1. How to Combat Modern Slavery -- Kevin Bales
BONUS: Power Tools -- Steven Strogatz