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Mark Ames, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. [393 total comments]
That alleged killer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim is not enough to explain the attacks.
Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. November 4, 2009. [261 total comments]
Researchers looking at beliefs about al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein have made some surprising discoveries about why peopl
Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet. November 3, 2009. [226 total comments]
The most aggressive members of the "New Atheism" movement have quite a bit in common with religious extremists like Pat Robertson and Ted Haggard.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Tomdispatch.com. November 4, 2009. [221 total comments]
Too much faith in private enterprise has left us open to a flu epidemic.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 7, 2009. [149 total comments]
Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. November 2, 2009. [122 total comments]
Conservative women should be strongly criticized. But using gendered language to attack them doesn't help progressives.
Zach Carter, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. [115 total comments]
If the economic crisis taught us anything, it's that bringing to heel the whiz kids of finance is a top priority.
Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. November 3, 2009. [113 total comments]
We've been reduced to "human assets" in a relentless economic machine. And we can't even complain: appearing cheerful is vital when all of life is monitored by an employer.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 2, 2009. [95 total comments]
Just as the GOP candidate has for more than 100 years, Dede Scozzafava was supposed to win the congressional seat in New York's 23rd district. Then Palin stepped in.
Sara Novak, Planet Green. November 5, 2009. [90 total comments]
We know meat isn't necessarily the most healthy dietary choice; it could also be a fatal one.
Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. November 6, 2009. [80 total comments]
The health care bills wending through Congress are getting a bad rap. And the major culprit is the Congressional Budget Office, and its chief, Doug Elmendorf.
PZ Myers, PharyngulaAlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2009. [75 total comments]
"I may just have to convert to Catholicism so I can charge the US and my insurance provider to cover my near-sightedness treatments at Lourdes."
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. November 4, 2009. [58 total comments]
One NY Times reporter finally 'fesses up that the invasion of Iraq wasn't presented truthfully by the big media outlets. It's still not too late to tell the truth.
mcjoan, Daily KosAlterNet: PEEK. November 3, 2009. [52 total comments]
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) claims he's recruited over 40 anti-choice Dems to sabotage the current bill.
Ann Neumann, AlterNet. November 3, 2009. [49 total comments]
I went undercover to a Pro-Life Federation conference. What I found there was not "middle America" or even conservative America. It was fringe America.
Greg Palast, GregPalast.com. November 6, 2009. [47 total comments]
It's the latest hit from the same crew that brought you Saddam = 9/11 and its twin chant, Saddam = WMD.
Abdullah Obaidi, Asia Times. November 4, 2009. [44 total comments]
According to villagers, several U.S. soldiers burned Korans when they couldn't locate insurgents they believed had blown up part of their convoy.
James Howard Kunstler, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 4, 2009. [44 total comments]
Restoring the American railroad system is an excellent place to start recovering our sense of national purpose and faith in collective enterprise.
Christopher Ketcham, CounterPunch. November 5, 2009. [43 total comments]
The whistleblowing agent depicted in "Syriana," Bob Baer is back in Silverton, Colo, where "people who messed up in some other life and come here to be nobody."
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. November 2, 2009. [43 total comments]
Really striking results.
Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. November 2, 2009. [41 total comments]
Until we realize that our system itself is untenable, we'll be doomed to economic meltdowns.
Adele Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. [40 total comments]
Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of Fox News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups.
Kathy Freston, AlterNet. November 4, 2009. [35 total comments]
"He is the Michael Pollan of a younger generation: grittier and more daring, more insightful and decisive."
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. November 6, 2009. [34 total comments]
That's not stopping the usual suspects from crying "jihad."
Terry J. Allen, In These Times. November 3, 2009. [30 total comments]
The pharmaceutical industry wants you to think that if you don't have sex like a porn star, you're in need of their drugs.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 5, 2009. [30 total comments]
Has Obama spent too much political capital on health-care reform, and not enough on keeping families afloat in a flailing economy?
Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect. November 4, 2009. [29 total comments]
There's something really rotten in the state of Texas.
Makenna Goodman, TreeHugger. November 7, 2009. [28 total comments]
Because of its health benefits, many more people are turning to raw milk. But there's one hitch: Raw milk is illegal.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. November 6, 2009. [27 total comments]
To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's FutureAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 2, 2009. [27 total comments]
Because corporations are people too.
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. [27 total comments]
Beck described SEIU nurse care as "amazing" after his inflamed appendix was removed.
Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 6, 2009. [26 total comments]
Former British ambassador alleges CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan.
Tara Lohan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 6, 2009. [24 total comments]
Apparently Beck thinks PETA is as rad as the NRA. Who knew?
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 3, 2009. [23 total comments]
There's momentum to repair our fractured health care system -- but activism is desperately needed to keep the process honest.
Jeff Schult, Your Tango. November 3, 2009. [22 total comments]
Despite criticism, Ashley Madison -- a website that facilitates affairs between married men and women -- attracts an unprecedented percentage of female users. Why?
Jamison Foser, Media Matters for AmericaAlterNet: Media and Technology. November 4, 2009. [22 total comments]
Anchor Contessa Brewer's introduction of a segment about Maine's repeal of a law allowing same-sex marriage is right out of the right-wing playbook.
Julianne Malveaux, The Progressive. November 6, 2009. [21 total comments]
The same nation that created a Works Progress Administration in the 1930s should create another one in the 21st century.
Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. November 2, 2009. [21 total comments]
Over the past decade many small organic food brands have been snapped up by giant corporations. Clearly, this can be bad for standards and quality.
Faiz Shakir, Think ProgressAlterNet: Video. November 2, 2009. [21 total comments]
The government's trying to put you to death, don't you know.
David Neiwert, OrcinusAlterNet: Politics. November 7, 2009. [21 total comments]
Eliminationism much, Pat?
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