Opinion: Top 10: Depression, torture, war and models
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The grim mood of the nation did not spare readers of the L.A. Times opinion pages this week. Tales of doom, gloom, war, corruption and the ruins of ancient societies dominated our traffic (which was light, so tell a friend about Opinion L.A. already). ‘A more perfect union,’ the opener for our American Values 2008 series, barely missed the top 10 and our second, ‘Life,’ made the top 20, so if you haven’t started feasting on the whole series, do yourself a favor. (‘Liberty’ and ‘Justice’ went live today and will be counted in next week’s traffic.) Without further ado...
1. Symptoms of an economic depression By Steve Fraser 2. AWOL military justice By Morris D. Davis 3. Stonehenges all around us By Craig Childs4. Is this really World War IV? By Peter Beinart 5. The Supreme Court’s habeas hearing By the editorial board 6. A FISA fix By Michael B. Mukasey 7. F in science, A in self-esteem By the editorial board 8. Torture’s blame game By Rosa Brooks9. Two beautiful Dems stand before us ... By Jen Sullivan Brych and Matt Vespa 10. Big Oil buys Sacramento By Jamie Court and Judy Dugan