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Check out the 40 stories and blog posts most commented on in the past week.
Tim Wise, Red Room. November 26, 2008. [420 total comments]
We don't need the "everything sucks" analysis; Obama has mobilized millions of activists and that energy is looking for an outlet.
Robert Jensen, AlterNet. November 27, 2008. [288 total comments]
Instead, we should atone for the genocide that was incited -- and condoned -- by the very men we idolize as our 'heroic' founding fathers.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 28, 2008. [252 total comments]
Obama isn't likely to pursue torture atrocities during the Bush era, but this is one problem you simply can't wish away.
Sara Robinson, Blog for Our Future. November 26, 2008. [199 total comments]
How to counter 10 of the most common myths conservatives believe about progressives.
Heidi Beirich, Hate Watch. November 29, 2008. [178 total comments]
Dobbs got nervous after a news conference on link between the rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric and hate crimes against Latinos.
Jeremy Scahill, AlterNetAlterNet: War on Iraq. November 30, 2008. [174 total comments]
A collection of praise for Obama's White House team from Karl Rove, David Brooks, Henry Kissinger and more.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. November 27, 2008. [157 total comments]
Unlike Alaska's governor, most Americans don't want to see the transformations their turkey went through to get to their Thanksgiving dinner table.
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. December 1, 2008. [152 total comments]
A huge coalition of progressive and union forces is gearing up for political battle on the health care front.
Kevin O'Connor, Rutland Herald. November 25, 2008. [131 total comments]
Today's global financial cloud got you feeling gray? Vermonter Jim Merkel sees a silver lining.
Melissa McEwan, ShakesvilleAlterNet: PEEK. November 29, 2008. [113 total comments]
A worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Wal-Mart.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 27, 2008. [93 total comments]
The swelling numbers waiting outside homeless shelters and food pantries around the country have grown by at least 30 percent since the summer.
Sheila Gibbons, Women's eNews. November 25, 2008. [90 total comments]
The good, the bad and the ugly of this political season's media coverage of women.
Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media. November 28, 2008. [83 total comments]
The Mumbai attacks carry the signature of Ibrahim Dawood, a Indian living in Pakistan and former crime boss turned self-styled avenger.
Dave Lindorff, Smirking Chimp. November 28, 2008. [82 total comments]
The author tries to renew his drivers license and runs afoul of the catch-a-terrorist system in the DMV.
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. November 25, 2008. [81 total comments]
Obama has picked too many failures who are in the process of recalibrating everything they've ever believed.
AlterNetDecember 1, 2008. [78 total comments]
There's a lot more to the India attacks than CNN and the New York Times have been reporting. Here's an alternative guide to the story.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 29, 2008. [76 total comments]
While we deliberate major economic transformation, there are good ideas waiting on the shelf right now the new president can green light.
AlterNetNovember 28, 2008. [69 total comments]
Contribute your 100-word essay laying out your hopes for Obama's first 100 days, to be published on AlterNet.
Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. November 28, 2008. [69 total comments]
Pop culture vampires have always reflected cultural anxieties about sex. "Twilight", the new teen box office blockbuster, is no exception.
Laila Al-Arian, AlterNet. November 26, 2008. [65 total comments]
A Texas jury's guilty decision in the nation's largest terrorism financing trial since 9/11 reawakens the injustices of Bush's War on Terror.
Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. November 27, 2008. [63 total comments]
Americans are bombarded with messages that death and danger are just around the corner. Reality is usually much different.
Steve Benen, Washington MonthlyAlterNet: PEEK. November 26, 2008. [61 total comments]
"Understand where the vision for change comes from first and foremost: it comes from me."
PZ Myers, PharyngulaAlterNet: Video. November 28, 2008. [61 total comments]
I'm pretty sure this is satire. At least I hope so.
CNNNovember 28, 2008. [59 total comments]
Deepak Chopra argues for a cool-headed response, saying that this is "Obama's opportunity to actually harness the help of the Muslims."
David Sirota, Open Left. November 26, 2008. [58 total comments]
Obama's early list of names for his staff doesn't bode well for all the progressive policy promises Obama made during the campaign.
Eli, FiredoglakeAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 26, 2008. [57 total comments]
I have this theory that Michael Savage's primary purpose in life is to make Rush Limbaugh look tolerant and sane.
James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com. November 25, 2008. [57 total comments]
Why squander our remaining resources on a lifestyle that doesn't have a future?
Nouriel Roubini, Forbes. November 28, 2008. [57 total comments]
The fight against a deadly combination of stagnation/recession and deflation has to be unorthodox.
William Greider, TheNation.com. November 25, 2008. [55 total comments]
Timothy Geithner is an architect, and now an enabler, of the unfolding crisis.
Brittany Schell, One World. November 28, 2008. [54 total comments]
Women are being disproportionately affected by the U.S. mortgage crisis and economic plunge.
Julia, FiredoglakeAlterNet: War on Iraq. November 29, 2008. [54 total comments]
When it comes to Bush's legacy, Laura Bush doesn't have her facts straight.
Digby, HullabalooAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 28, 2008. [52 total comments]
A lawyer was stunned with a Taser twice this afternoon after he became upset at a Tampa Code Enforcement Board meeting
Maia Szalavitz, Huffington Post. November 25, 2008. [51 total comments]
We can't ignore science like Bill Clinton did and install a drug czar who will ignore science and push dogma.
Stephen Soldz, Psyche, Science, and Society. November 25, 2008. [44 total comments]
An open letter from 200 psychologists and allies who are urging Obama not to select John Brennan to be Director of the CIA.
General JC Christian, Jesus' GeneralAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 27, 2008. [44 total comments]
"God Hates You" signs countered with "Jesus Loves Everyone" signs. "Fags are Beasts" countered with "Fags are Sexy Beasts."
Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. November 26, 2008. [43 total comments]
Tackling the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Obama faces.
Jenny Booth, The Times of London UK. November 25, 2008. [41 total comments]
A hip-hop artist and a former Detroit police sergeant are among 16 people to be pardoned or to have their prison sentences commuted by President Bush.
Silja J.A. Talvi, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. December 1, 2008. [40 total comments]
Dr. Riki Ott has a special response to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's heavy push for oil drilling in the Arctic.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNetAlterNet: Sex and Relationships. November 27, 2008. [40 total comments]
For a start, dress them up like a tiny prostitute.
Jason Linkins, Huffington PostAlterNet: War on Iraq. November 25, 2008. [40 total comments]
Rachel Maddow and Dahlia Lithwick discuss Obama, war crimes, and torture.
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