Week of September 30, 2013
|  | #1  
The Worst Shutdown in Modern U.S. History Why? Because it undermines the democratic process. CNN | 
|  | #2 
The Shutdown Standoff Is One of the Worst Crises in American History Welcome to Weimar America. THE NEW REPUBLIC | 
|  | #3 Why The Right Fights  Movement conservatives actually want smaller government. NEW YORK TIMES | 
|  | #4 The Real Story of the Shutdown: 50 Years of GOP Race-Baiting Nixon's Southern strategy reaps its bitter fruit. SALON | 
|  | #5    Shutdown Fulfills GOP’s Confederate Fantasies  It's a way of acting out a deeply held secessionist dream. ALTERNET | 
|  | #6    
Neville Chamberlain Was Right Chamberlain did what we would expect any sane leader to do at Munich. SLATE | 
|  | #7   Neville Chamberlain Was Wrong  Chamberlain acted weakly ... and the world paid the price. NATIONAL REVIEW | 
|  | #8    The Charter School Mistake   Charter schools are a very bad idea, but billionaires love 'em. LOS ANGELES TIMES | 
| #9   Ukraine’s Bumpy Road to Europe    Looking forward eagerly to Ukraine’s first step toward E.U. membership. NEW YORK TIMES | 
|  | #10    
The Right Gets Its ’60s   Obamacare is their Vietnam. NEW YORK TIMES | 
