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  1. An up-close view of brutality in Darfur The Christian Science Monitor - Mon May 12, 4:00 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    Northampton, Mass. - The brutality of the Khartoum regime's military actions in the Darfur region of western Sudan continually forces a question that seems to have no morally intelligible answer: Is there no act of civilian destruction so cruel, so savage, that the international community will finally respond vigorously and unambiguously?

  2. Bright ideas on public health USATODAY.com - Mon May 12, 12:21 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    No one wants to see judges, umpires or government contracting officers getting handouts from people seeking their favor. But it's standard practice for doctors to take gifts — lunches, sports tickets, vacations dressed up as medical seminars — from pharmaceutical companies trying to sell them on the latest drugs.

  3. WHATEVER THEY SAY, IT'S THE MONEY! Richard Reeves - Fri May 9, 7:58 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    WASHINGTON -- When they say, "It's not the money ..." -- it's the money!

  4. IT REMAINS TO BE AARRGGH! James Kilpatrick - Sun May 11, 8:01 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    Everyone who writes for a living or reads for pleasure has a pet peeve. My first city editor had a thing about "not only." He insisted that "not only" always had to be followed by "but also." Thousands of otherwise rational folks will never end a sentence with a preposition. I myself get cranky over "replica."

  5. "Says He's a Christian" The Nation - Tue May 13, 11:18 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.8

    The Nation -- A lot of people wrongly believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. As I documented in a cover story for the magazine, this is largely due to a viral internet rumor that's been spread via email.

  6. Opposing view: Reduce financial burdens USATODAY.com - Tue May 13, 12:21 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.6

    There is no argument in Washington that the Montgomery GI Bill has not kept pace with rising college costs — it provides for less than 70% of public tuitions and 30% of private — but there is debate on how to improve the benefit. That is where two Senate colleagues and fellow Vietnam War veterans — James Webb, D-Va., and John McCain, R-Ariz. — are at odds.

  7. Collapse of the Middle Class The Nation - Mon May 12, 5:56 PM ET Avg. Rating: 3.6

    The Nation -- One of the few national politicians willing to speak unflinchingly about how the so-called "robust" U.S. economy has failed vast swaths of America, last month, Sen.

  8. Jeremiah Wright's 'Trumpet' The Weekly Standard - Mon May 12, 10:41 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.5

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 34 - 5/19/2008 - To the question of the moment--What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it?--I answer, Obama knew everything, and he's known it for ages.

  9. 1968: the year the dream died The Christian Science Monitor - Tue May 13, 4:00 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.5

    St. Andrews, Scotland - History Often provides an excuse for a party. In Europe and America, romantics are celebrating 1968. It seems that every hotel in Paris is booked for this month's festivities – even the Ritz. Anniversaries have a way of cleansing the past of unpleasantness.

  10. Medvedev's test case with the West The Christian Science Monitor - Tue May 13, 4:00 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.5

    Before he became Russia's president last week, Dmitry Medvedev came across as less edgy than Vladimir Putin when talking about the West. Some Kremlin watchers thought this might mean a spring thaw in relations with the US and Europe. Now there's a case to test this theory.

  11. Policy on women in combat bears no relation to reality USATODAY.com - Mon May 12, 12:22 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.4

    In print, the Pentagon's policy on women in combat looks like this: Women shall be excluded from assignment to most units "whose primary mission" is "direct combat on the ground."

  12. What does Texas church raid say about us? USATODAY.com - Mon May 12, 12:16 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.3

    The dust is more or less settling around the largest child custody case in Texas history.

  13. EVEN GOD COULDN'T VOTE IN INDIANA WITHOUT PROPER I.D. Cynthia Tucker - Sat May 10, 7:57 PM ET Avg. Rating: 3.1

    Congratulations to the Indiana legislature, whose harsh voter ID law has ferreted out a suspicious bunch who tried to cast ballots without proper identification in the Democratic primary last Tuesday. Who do those old ladies think they are, American citizens?