Winners from the week before

As you may recall, I said that last week’s Watcher’s non-council nominations were the strongest batch I’ve ever seen.  I think that’s reflected in the vote spread.  I strongly recommend each and every one of the articles in the list below (and, as always, I recommend checking out the comments the Watcher leaves as he discerns common themes running through the posts):

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! – The Glittering Eye – Fallacies in Healthcare Reform (Updated)
• Second place with 2 1/3 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room – Sterilizing our way to paradise
• Second place with 2 1/3 points – (T*) – Soccer Dad – A masterful assuaging
• Third place with 1 point – Joshuapundit – Using The “J” Word
• Fourth place with 1/3 point – The Colossus of Rhodey – Still more on Honduras

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Christian Science Monitor – Nearly all my professors are Democrats. Isn’t that a problem?
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – David Kahane / NRO – I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Rubin Reports – Al-Jazira’s Cartoons: A Glimpse at Real Mainstream Arab Thinking
• Third place with 1 1/3 point – Zombietime – John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar, says: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet
• Fourth place with 1 point – Rebirth of Reason – Dinner at the White House — a parable
• Fifth place with 2/3 point – Big Lizards – Who’s an Embryo? St. Francis of Genomia at the NIH
• Sixth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – The Chronicle Review – Islamic Civilization in Peril
• Sixth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Politics Daily – Sarah “Barracuda” Palin and the Pirahnnas of the Press