I was hoping to read a economically-grounded critique of unions, but instead read a partisan, half-baked attack on Democrats. Which is unfortunate because there may be a lot of criticize about certain unions, but the story is very complex one. I guess I'll have to wait for a writer who is nuanced and policy-oriented, as opposed to Krauthammer...

This is a story in isolation, with no discussion of the purpose of the regulations, or comparison with regulatory regimes elsewhere. Finally, there's no discussion of how the system could be improved.

The initial analysis is weak and a bit jingoistic. The second analysis by the specialist is much more insightful.

I appreciate reporting on the Supreme Court. This piece does a decent job of summarizing some recent cases, but the trend analysis is simplistic. The cases that reach the supreme court are usually "hard cases", and don't easily fit into the simple buckets presented by the reporter (e.g., pro or anti-business, pro or anti free speech).

The numeric rating doesn't adequate convey the importance or quality of this aggregation of videos. It's difficult to rate these, because of their raw, decontextualized, and unverified nature. That being said, I'm not sure how one could contextualize video of cars running over seemingly peaceful protesters to justify the action.

One of the more articulate opinions I've read about the Islamist-democracy dilemma.

Interesting read, though the account of the collaboration with Assange was give a better treatment in the NYTimes.

A measured, thoughtful articulation of why the US should support the anti-Mubarak protesters in Egypt.

Krugman makes a convincing argument about the need for developing countries to appreciate their currencies.

Nice map and explanations of new countries in the world.

A nice overview of how Christmas is being celebrated in Palestine, and other parts of the world.