cafe standards
A few of the recent pieces I've liked:
Brad Plumer at Ezra Klein's blog: Will the new fuel economy rules actually work?
Maryn McKenna at Superbug: Is Polio Eradication Slipping Out of Reach?
David Bornstein at the New York Times' Opinionator: Treating the Cause, Not the Illness
John Culhane at Slate: Concussions and Cigarettes ("A new lawsuit claims the NFL is like Big Tobacco. Does the case have merit?")
Zuska at Thus Spake Zuska: Hunger Relief vs. Poverty Relief: I Vote for More of Both