Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback

The top five stories worth reading from this past week in worth-reading stories:

Kind of important: the White House may have ordered the CIA to forge a link between Iraq and 9/11, and Salon reports new evidence backs it up.

This week, Alternet asks: is organic food really organic?

In economics, we get to the heart of the economic mess: the right-wing wrecking crew robbed us blind. But, Thomas Frank says misgovernment was no accident, and they continue to obstruct any efforts to the contrary.

In sad environmental news, we have a report on the death march of the penguins, and the collapsing of Greenland's glaciers.

Finally this week, The Atlantic Monthly wonders: is Google making us stupid?