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USDA Renews Approval of 46 Non-Organic Ingredients in "Organic" Foods

Posted on: May 8, 2008, Source: Natural News

At the same time, the USDA withdrew approval for a type of food coloring and a food additive.

GOP '08 Candidates Take Their Creepshow to the Iowa Stage

Posted on: Aug 5, 2007, Source: AlterNet

James Neffinger, Rachel Sklar and Drew Westen: This party is in trouble.

Newspapers Join Forces Against the War

Posted on: Aug 4, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Max Follmer: Across the country more and more major newspapers are calling for some form of troop withdrawal from Iraq

Gen. Wesley Clark: "We Are Not Questioning the Generals. Mr. President, We Are Questioning You!"

Posted on: Aug 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Taylor Marsh: Wesley Clark's exhilarating keynote speech at Yearly Kos brought the audience to its feet cheering.

Is Hillary On Rupert Murdoch's Side?

Posted on: Aug 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Ari Berman: Sen. Clinton has been silent on Murdoch's purchase of the Wall Street Journal. Have his contributions to her campaign paid off for him?

The Truth About Pat Tillman: Murder Is Not "Friendly Fire"

Posted on: Aug 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet

RJ Eskow: Three bullet holes. In the forehead. From a M-16. That was ten yards away. That's not "friendly fire." That's murder.

Edwards Slams Bush's Arms Deal With the Saudis

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Ari Berman: John Edwards joins a growing chorus of Americans who are calling on congress to stop Bush's planned $20 billion dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

Are Bush, Pawlenty and Norquist Accessories to Murder in the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse?

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Howie Klein: With Republicans in charge, you get the inability for a society to act effectively and efficiently in the case of unforseen tragedies like Katrina or you get bridges with structural problems not being attended to.

The Weekly Standard's Reliable Sources: Male Prostitute Matt Sanchez and Web Weirdo "Throbert McGee"

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Max Blumenthal: The right scrapes the bottom of the barrel.

Obama and Nukes: Why Is This News?

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Chris Bowers: Matt Drudge hears a leak, and now there's a feeding frenzy.

Shockingly Predictable: White House Snubs Congress ... Again!

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Christy Hardin Smith: Plus: Joe Lieberman becomes irrelevant.

Giuliani's Health Care Plan Will Make You Sick

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Howie Klein: Giuliani is unable to address the reality and the venality of the current system, designed for maximum profits for corporations to the detriment of patients and doctors.

The Right's Hate Site Hypocrisy

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Phoenix Woman: Conservatives' attacks on progressive blogs are part of a larger pattern of moral hypocrisy that the Republican Party has been wallowing in for over a decade.

Right Wing Nut Mike Savage Blames Roberts' Seizure on Democrats

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Steve Benen: Sometimes the right surprises me. On his radio show Savage claims there's a Democratic conspiracy to kill Justice John Roberts.

Rove Refuses to Testify, Gonzales Refuses to Make Sense

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Pam Spaulding: And what would be the reason NOT to bring the hammer down on Turdblossom? Meanwhile, Gonzo is redefining the word "lie" as he realizes his posterior is in the fire.

Republican Tancredo's Foreign Policy: Bomb Mecca

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Steve Benen: Tom Tancredo's encouraging terrorism for no reason, other than to add a tough-guy veneer to his ugly xenophobia.

Ohio Bill Would Make Abortion the Man's Choice

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Jessica Valenti: Written notes? Submitting a list of potential fathers? Sometimes I think that anti-choice folks forget that women are, you know, adults.

Who Cares About Hillary's Cleavage?

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Sarah White: Hillary's critics are unable to respectfully address her as a politician without venting their own ideas about women and sexuality as power.

Is Al Franken the Ultimate Movement Candidate?

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Chris Bowers: Franken might be the best example of a movement candidate since Paul Wellstone, who held this same Senate seat until his untimely death in 2002.

Alaska's Entire Republican Congressional Delegation May Go to Jail

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Howie Klein: Republican corruption in Alaska spreads beyond Ted Stevens and Don Young to the state's junior senator, Lisa Murkowski.

Even Larry King Thinks Cheney Is a Liar

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Jane Hamsher: Larry King ridicules Cheney's "I don't recall" answer on the Gonzales hospital visit to Ashcroft on wiretapping.

Wall Street Journal Gone Wild

Posted on: Aug 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

John Nichols: MoveOn will dispatch newsboys and newsgirls to the streets of New York City to hand out Murdoched versions of The Wall Street Journal in front of the newspaper's headquarters.

What If the Duke Lacrosse Players Were Black?

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Victor Goode: Could it be, that DA Mike Nifong's real offense is not misconduct, but rather treating three middle class white defendants as if they were poor and Black?

Bush White House Embraces A "Middle Finger" Policy

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Steven Rosenfeld: In less than 24 hours, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Gonzales will show their contempt for Congress and the rule of law yet again.

Bloomberg Thinks You Should Pay to Photograph New York

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Lindsay Beyerstein: Photography is an established form of free speech. We shouldn't have to get permission to exercise our First Amendment rights.

My Visit to Bill "Falafel" O'Reilly's House

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Mike Stark: I decided to provide Bill O'Reilly with his own accountability moment at his home.

The Misadventures of David "Diaper" Vitter

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

David Corn: Did the Republican senator hire from the DC Madam an escort who worked for one of his congressional committees?

FBI, IRS Raid Corrupt Republican Senator's House

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

John Nichols: Something is rotten in Alaska. The FBI and IRS raid the home of Republican Senator Ted Stevens and his congressional counterpart Rep. Don Young is being investigated too.

John Roberts and the Lightning Stroke

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Phoenix Woman: Things that seem so stable can, for good or ill, turn to dust at the blink of an eye or a stroke of lightning

Gonzales Impeachment Bill to be Introduced

Posted on: Jul 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Howie Klein: Bush and Cheney are the only ones left in America who think Gonzales shouldn't be fired.

Why Journalists Can't Be Like Murrow Anymore

Posted on: Jul 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Michael Winship: It's a fact, media conglomerates' labor practices are harming the quality of TV and radio news.

Why Does Hollywood Love "Bad Girls"?

Posted on: Jul 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Vanessa Valenti: Why is it so much fun to watch "beautiful women" be imprisoned--or drug-addicted or clearly sick with eating disorders?

Bush Enabled Steroid Use in Texas

Posted on: Jul 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Barry Bonds’ home run race puts Bush’s steroids record in the spotlight.

Rove's '08 Strategy: Less Sex, More War

Posted on: Jul 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Howie Klein: Karl Rove still thinks the war isn't that big a deal but the numerous sex and corruption scandals facing the GOP are.

The Film That Could End the War

Posted on: Jul 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Normon Soloman's "War Made Easy" aims to become a valuable new organizing tool for the anti-war movement in America.

Bush Looks the Other Way As Pat Tillman's Murder Goes Unsolved

Posted on: Jul 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Jon Soltz: Unfortunately, the Tillman case just extends the pattern from this President of being unwilling or unable to step up and fix problems.

Judge Orders Lesbian Mom to Marry A Man Or Lose Her Kids

Posted on: Jul 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Jessica Valenti: A judge in Spanish child custody case links lesbians with satantic sects.

Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour

Posted on: Jul 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Max Blumenthal: I have never witnessed any spectacle as politically extreme, outrageous, or bizarre as the one Christians United for Israel produced last week in Washington.

Michael Moore: Bush Is "Going After Me"

Posted on: Jul 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Amanda Terkel: Michael Moore tells the Tonight Show audience he's been subpoenaed by the White House backstage for taking 9/11 workers to Cuba for health care treatment in "Sicko".

Michael Moore, Chris Matthews and An Insurance Company Conspiracy

Posted on: Jul 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Jane Hamsher: Why did health insurance companies start covering up their relationships with journalists after Michael Moore appeared on Chris Matthews' "Hardball"?

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