The best lists for the New Year and a fresh decade
The turn of the calendar 鈥� particularly if it involves a fresh decade 鈥� always generates lists, and not just those personal New Years resolutions you hope to keep at least until February.
Some are light, some are weighty. Some are political, most are cultural. Some look forward, most sum up the past year or decade.
For those who just can鈥檛 get enough of such tallies, here are some to consider between the weekend parties and sports fests.
weighs in on the 鈥淏est Movies, TV, Books and Theater of the Decade.鈥�
sticks to the 鈥淏est Books of 2009.鈥�
A Web site called lists 鈥淭he Absolute Best Songs of 2009.鈥� Although it鈥檚 not a list, on 鈥淲hy Music Sounds Worse鈥� in the decade just ended.
In the realm of business, laud the 鈥�100 Best Companies to Work For,鈥� firms that 鈥渁re going out of their way to please employees.鈥�
Some print and online publications are touting their top stories. That includes and . Atlantic also takes a wide-ranging and provocative look at
Lefty professor Juan Cole, who teaches history at the University of Michigan, back at the 1990s in his 鈥淭op Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade鈥� (subtitled 鈥淭he Rise of the New Oligarchs鈥�).
Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine鈥檚 executive editor, is more even-handed in of US politics titled 鈥淣ine Ways Our World Changed During the 鈥�00s,鈥� declaring that both major political parties have 鈥渃ollapsed as a trusted force for reasoned governance.鈥�
And of course the Monitor weighs in as well on the economy, movies, state financial woes, important stories you may have missed, and a prediction for 2010 on 鈥淪ix ideas that will shape the world.鈥�
Happy reading!
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