Stupidity, Manichaeism, self-loathing, pedantry and self-absorption: You folks must have been feeling some serious mid-spring irritation this week, because those were the themes in the five Opinion stories you liked the most. And the second five, a wretched den of dupes, liars and weasels brightened by our 40-on-40 All Stars, looked only slightly better. Whatever you're drinking, I'll have something else.

Thanks for reading Opinion L.A. and we hope you're feeling better next week:

1. Still with stupid? by Meghan Daum
2. Meet John Dubya McCain, J. Peter Scoblic
3. Sleeping with the enemy, by Arianna Huffington
4. Men who explain things, by Rebecca Solnit
5. Talking to ourselves, Susan Jacoby
6. My winning strategy, by Rosa Brooks
7. The GOP's bait-and-switch tax strategy, by Bruce Bartlett
8. Gods and earthlings, by Richard Dawkins
9. Pennsylvania's bitter bloc, by Shawn Hubler 
10. 40 on 40, by various