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Monday, July 27th, 2009

Bill Moyers: Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms

By Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: As Republicans fire away on health reform, big business is stepping up attacks too, lobbying and advertising guns blazing.

Skip Gates: The Ivy League Is Not Real Life

By Anonymous, This Week in Blackness
Would we -- or Gates -- care if this story had happened to a plumber? Probably not.

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

By Janet Paskin, Ode
Health and Wellness: For more than three decades, we've been told that fatty foods are deadly. But new research suggests that fat can be good for you.

British Army Magazine Features Openly Gay Soldier on Cover Next to Word 'Pride'

By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville
World: British servicemen and women now march at Gay Pride in uniform.

Million-Dollar Baby: How Much Would You Pay for a Baby If You Couldn't Have One?

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Is there a fairer way to compensate surrogate mothers? Too often, surrogacy is about a wealthy couple hiring poor a woman to breed for them.

Sex With Bruce Springsteen: The Gender Politics of Born in the USA

By Charles A. Hohman, PopMatters
Sex and Relationships: "Born in the U.S.A.", which turns 25 this year, stresses male sexuality as imperative to the American Dream. Where does that leave women?

Bush Era Horrors Will Haunt Us Until We Truly Face Them

By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com
We can't just "move forward." We need to face who we've been and just how badly we've acted, if we care to become something better.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?

By Steven Wishnia, AlterNet
DrugReporter: Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the "side effect" of getting people high.

Starbucks' Latest Evil Plan to Take Over (More) of the World

By Priyamvada Gopal, Comment Is Free
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Starbucks' new stealth strategy is de-branding: giving stores different names and more local "community personality".

How the Ultra-Rich Are Trying to Kill Health Reform

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate
Politics: The wealthiest 1-percent have deployed an army to destroy an initiative that would tax the super rich to help pay for health care.

Limbaugh's Lies Sabotage the Health Reform Debate

By Sue Wilson, AlterNet
Media and Technology: In conservative states, right-wing talk show hosts are spreading lies about reform. No wonder Blue Dog Dems are blocking health care overhaul.

Let's Bring Love and Revolution Together

By Grace Lee Boggs, Boggs Center
Take Action: Radical activist for more than sixty years, Boggs says a new generation of change-makers have embraced the idea of love to bring about revolution.

More Mexicans Are Sending Money to Help Out Relatives in the U.S.

By Frontera NorteSur, New America Media
Immigration: Latinos, who have suffered disproportionately from the effects of the recession, are now relying more on their relatives down south.

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Why $10 for a Pack of Cigs Is Good Value

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: Charging high taxes on smokes is the only way to push people to quit. And I don't want the individual freedom to be suicidally stupid.

"Now I Will Die": Beaten and Held in Prison Without Charge by the U.S. in Iraq

By Michael Bronner, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund
World: Hussam Amin's story is not one the Bush Administration meant to be heard, at least not for a while.

Beekeeping Is the Latest Buzz in Urban Areas

By Bridget Huber, Christian Science Monitor
Environment: Beekeeping is making big gains in the concrete jungle, despite some concerns.

Crazy "Birther" Conspiracy Theories Get Boost in Mainstream Media

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
Media and Technology: The movement is a sinister attempt to paint Obama as illegitimate, foreign, and suspect. Why are pundits like Lou Dobbs taking it seriously?

Pentagon Furious at Fox News Analyst for Calling For Execution of Captured Soldier

By David Edwards, Stephen Webster, Raw Story
Fox News analyst Ralph Peters said on July 19 that the Taliban should murder 23-year-old Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl.

Obama's $100 Billion Investment in Our Schools Begins: What It'll Take to Have a World-Class System

By Anthony Jackson, AlterNet
We need to address persistent underachievement and high dropout rates while developing the competencies required for global competitiveness.

Space Travel: The Path to Human Immortality?

By Tad Daley, AlterNet
World: Space exploration might just be the key to human beings surviving mass genocide, ecocide or omnicide.

We Should Focus on What Health Care Reform Will Look Like, More Than When It'll Happen

By Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group
Health and Wellness: Why have we zoomed in on the "health reform timeline" narrative?

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Gonzo Gastronomy: How the Food Industry Has Made Bacon a Weapon of Mass Destruction

By Arun Gupta, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: The confluence of factory farming, the boom in fast food and manipulation of consumer taste created processed foods that can hook us like drugs.

My Womb for God's Purposes: The Perils of Unassisted Childbirth in the Quiverfull Movement

By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches
Sex and Relationships: Distrustful of experts, many Quiverfull followers are leaving childbirth to God. The recent death of a newborn, however, exposes a growing rift.

How Constant War Became the American Way of Life

By David Bromwich, Tomdispatch.com
World: Younger generations of Americans are now being taught to expect no end of war -- and no end of wars. It wasn't always like that.

Obama Comes Out Swinging at Cynical GOP on Health Care, Addresses Race Issues in Prof. Gates Arrest

By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: At Wednesday's press conference, Obama said the "stars are aligned" for health reform and tackled the racial injustice typified by prof's arrest.

What Makes the Arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. So Tragic

By Melissa Harris-Lacewell, TheNation.com
Rights and Liberties: In a moment of overzealous policing, an officer in Cambridge handcuffed and detain a living embodiment of post-racial possibility.

The Wall Street-Health Care Connection: Fat Cats Want to Tax Your Benefits

By Mike Elk, AlterNet
Politics: The conservative Democrats who want to tax your health-care benefits have friends in deep-pocketed places.

Afghan Presidential Candidate: The U.S. Occupation Must End

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Uprising Radio
World: The past 8 years have done more harm than good to women's rights in Afghanistan -- the U.S. is waging a war, not winning a peace.

Israeli Cosmetic Company Is About to Learn It Can't Cover Up Its Role in the Occupation

By Nancy Kricorian, AlterNet
World: Ahava is an Israeli profiteer exploiting the natural resources of occupied Palestine to sell its exotic beauty products.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Do Grown-Ups Really Need to Drink Milk?

By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: Despite what the food pyramid says, we don't need milk after we're babies. Maybe it's time to wean ourselves from cows and grow up.

There Is No Reason for Us to Be in Afghanistan -- Everyone Knows It, and It Spells Defeat

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig
World: The confusion of purpose in Afghanistan mirrors the confusion on the ground. We are embroiled in a civil war.

Is America on the Verge of a Geriatric Crime Wave?

By Nathan Comp, In These Times
Rights and Liberties: Granny get your gun -- over the past 10 years arrest rates for those over 50 have shot up 85 percent.

I Don't Believe in Marriage -- Here's Why I (Grudgingly) Got Married Anyway

By Amy Williams, AlterNet
Sex and Relationships: I was tired of the blatant social pressure and disapproval. And even more tired of facing legal and economic discrimination.

Wall Street's Private Judicial System Exposed as a Fraud

By Pam Martens, CounterPunch
Rights and Liberties: The National Arbitration Forum isn't impartial -- it's financially shackled to debt collection law firms representing major credit card companies.

Solid Reformer Picked to Investigate How We Got into the Financial Mess

By William Greider, TheNation.com
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: In naming Phil Angelides as chair of the new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Congress has picked an aggressive reformer.

Intelligent Design's Latest Sneaky Assault on Science

By Matt Zeitlin, Campus Progress
Belief: One of the architects behind the unscientific intelligent design movement is finding success in referencing its greatest enemy: Charles Darwin.

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

What Really Causes Autism? Thousands of Parents Blame Vaccines, and Are Taking on the Medical Establishment

By Scott Thill, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: Tens of thousands of parents are refusing to accept the medical research that shows little correlation between vaccines and autism.

Republicans Will Be Toast in 2010 If the Dems Pass Health Reform, and They Know It

By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
Politics: If Obama and the Democrats get health care reform done, the Republican Party is finished in the next election. So it's pulling out the stops.

Nudism: Stick It to Your Puritan Forebears By Stripping Down

By Liz Langley, AlterNet
Sex and Relationships: Nudism might be a marginalized lifestyle today, but eons ago it was all the rage. And no wonder: public nudity is natural, healthy and fun.

Serious About Green Jobs? It's Time to Throw 'Free Trade' out the Window

By Les Leopold, AlterNet
Environment: If we want a greener world and green jobs for our citizens, we have to ditch the 'free-trade' ideal -- markets on their own won't do it.

Protecting the Rights of Afghan Women is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign This Week

By Byard Duncan, AlterNet
Take Action: See that the issue of women's rights in Afghanistan does not get swept under the rug.

"Hello Mum, This Is Going to Be Hard for You to Read..." -- Letters from a Dead Soldier in Afghanistan

By Cyrus Thatcher, Independent UK
World: Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher's letters reveal the excitement of a teenager who dreamed of war, and his growing realization he may not make it home.

Harry Potter and the Blah-Di-Blah-Blah

By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online
Movie Mix: So Harry Potter, the latest one. How many more to go? Only two? Well, good, that means they'll finish up before the kids turn 30.

If Only Walter Cronkite Had Left His Integrity Behind

By Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group
Media and Technology: The greatest sorrow in marking Cronkite's death is recognizing that the media has replaced his wisdom with pontification.

Monday, July 20th, 2009

My Son Was Taught to Believe in Jesus by His Mother -- How Do I Help Him Become a Free Thinker?

By Danny Postel, New Humanist
Rights and Liberties: Panicked by his son's Jesus references, an agnostic dad discovers a skeptic's reading list for kids. But is counter-indoctrination really the answer?

Rachel Maddow Takes Down MSNBC's Resident Racist, Pat Buchanan

By Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show
On her show recently, Rachel Maddow showed just how dated and racist conservative whining about affirmative action and "reverse discrimination" is.

Did Anti-Drug Propaganda Help Bring About a Psychedelic Renaissance?

By Ryan Grim, Wiley Press
DrugReporter: As the anti-drug program spread into 3/4 of all school districts by the '90s, America's youth enjoyed a psychedelic renaissance.

Could Dick Cheney Go to Prison?

By Ray McGovern, Consortium News
Take Action: Cheney seems to fear that if our system of justice works, he could be in for some serious, uncommuted jail time.

Rough Sex With Vampires: What Does "True Blood" Tell Us About Women and Sexuality?

By James Brady Ryan, Nerve.com
Sex and Relationships: The show seems to be growing towards a more natural and nuanced depiction of sexuality for the women in the vampire-filled town of Bon Temps.

Everything That Happens in Afghanistan Is Based on Lies or Illusions

By Ann Jones, Tomdispatch.com
World: "Fixer", a new documentary about Afghanistan, tells stories of duplicity and self-delusion that are the political currency of the embattled country.

The Bank Lobby's Insane Assault on Consumer Protection

By Zach Carter, AlterNet
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Even after causing millions of foreclosures and the worst recession since the 1930s, the bank lobby is still trying to screw us.