Need To Read: October 6, 2009

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Today’s must-reads are tired of never-ending lunacy:

Protests mark eighth year of war (Politico)
Contractors in Iraq Are Hidden Casualties of War (ProPublica)
FBI file on Aaron Swartz, US court-record hacker (BoingBoing)
The looming health care crisis that could derail new reforms—public option or not. (MoJo)
How Condé Nast is like GM (Slate)
Corn on “Hardball”: Is the Right Wrong To Be Happy Chicago Lost the Olympics? (MoJo)
Federal Register Makes Itself More Web-Friendly (WaPo)
The never-ending lunacy of Betsy McCaughey (The New Republic)

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