Best of 2009
Below are our final picks for the best news and opinion of 2009, based on ratings from NewsTrust reviewers.
These stories have an overall rating of 4.0 or higher, 10 or more reviews, and represent a wide range of events and the sources that covered them.
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Green Giant
On March 3, 1986, four of China’s top weapons scientists—each a veteran of the missile and space ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
In Netherlands, Insurers Compete Over Quality of Care
(Video) By world standards, the Dutch are wealthy and healthy, but the country's changing. With each year, it's home to ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Familiar Players in Health Bill Lobbying
The nation's largest insurers, hospitals and medical groups have hired more than 350 former government staff ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
The Most Dangerous Place in the World
() Beyond the airport is one of the world’s most stunning monuments to conflict: block after block, mile after mile, ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Obama to Shut Guantánamo Site and C.I.A. Prisons
President Obama is expected to sign executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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"Climategate"
Climate skeptics are claiming that they show scientific misconduct that amounts to the complete fabrication of ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
God, the Army, and PTSD
During the Iraq war, however, the great difficulty veterans experienced in getting psychiatric care—greater than ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Homemakers
From the federal down to the local level, hundreds of service providers and government agencies have embraced a ...Posted by J Sinclaire -
The U.S. Economic Stimulus Plan
() Economists disagree on the wisdom of extensive stimulus spending, as well as the particulars of the current U.S. ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Gaza Media War
() (VIDEO - 5:25) Israel and Hamas are fighting on two fronts in Gaza -- a military battle, and a battle for public ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Keeping Iran honest
Rather than representing the tip of the iceberg in terms of uncovering a covert nuclear weapons capability, the ...Posted by Guest Reviewer -
Fear was no excuse to condone torture
In the fear that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Americans were told that defeating Al Qaeda would require us ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
The Big Takeover
People are pissed off about this financial crisis, and about this bailout, but they're not pissed off enough. The ...Posted by Randy Morrow -
Jon Stewart Rips Into CNBC
(Video) The Daily Show on Wednesday was supposed to feature guest Rick Santelli, a reporter on CNBC. Santelli is infamous ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Why should I respect these oppressive religions?
() The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated 60 years ago that "a world in which human beings shall enjoy ...Posted by Chris Finnie
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Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong
(Blog Post) Without a public option, the other parties that comprise America's non-system of health care -- private insurers, ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The 13 people who made torture possible
13 key people in the Bush administration cannot claim they relied on the memos from the DOJ's Office of Legal ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable
(Blog Post) When someone demands to be told how we can replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told that we are not ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
All of Them Must Go
Perhaps the sturdiest thread connecting this global backlash is a rejection of the logic of "extraordinary ...Posted by Randy Morrow -
Yoo for the Defense
() I’ve followed John Yoo and his writings with some care for a while now, and I think I finally understand what ...Posted by Norman Farrell
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Anna Carter reviewed this story
This article exposes an issue which we all, as Americans, should be aware of and concerned about. Our representative government has been hijacked by insiders and special interests, and endangers our democracy and freedom. This is one example of how this is happening.
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