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Mark Ames, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. [429 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. [274 total comments]
Researchers looking at beliefs about al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein have made some surprising discoveries about why peopl
Russell Blackford, Udo Schuklenk, Comment Is Free. November 9, 2009. [264 total comments]
Civility has its uses, but atheists should not be afraid to mock faith to undermine religious power.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Tomdispatch.com. November 4, 2009. [227 total comments]
Too much faith in private enterprise has left us open to a flu epidemic.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 7, 2009. [210 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.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. November 9, 2009. [160 total comments]
The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it.
Liz Langley, AlterNet. November 10, 2009. [121 total comments]
Wanting kids isn't just the social norm, it's said to be a biological imperative, the only supposed "duh" of evolution. But yet, some of us choose not to -- and for good reason.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2009. [117 total comments]
With the vote of a single Republican, Democrats passed the Affordable Health Care Act for America.
Zach Carter, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. [116 total comments]
If the economic crisis taught us anything, it's that bringing to heel the whiz kids of finance is a top priority.
Dahr Jamail, Asia Times. November 10, 2009. [110 total comments]
The shooting tragedy at Fort Hood on Friday points to a much larger problem of combat stress and overdeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sara Novak, Planet Green. November 5, 2009. [102 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. [95 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. [78 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."
Steve Fox, AlterNet. November 9, 2009. [76 total comments]
Anti-pot propaganda drives most people to drink alcohol instead. But booze is far more dangerous than marijuana.
AlterNetNovember 9, 2009. [67 total comments]
Pollan took on Big Ag and cheap food in a panel discussion, after the protests of a meat industry chairman led to his speech at a University being canceled.
Devilstower, Daily Kos. November 10, 2009. [61 total comments]
A new book points out that the ancient Christians -- and even early Americans -- did not share the blind faith of today's fundamentalists.
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. November 4, 2009. [59 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.
Greg Palast, GregPalast.com. November 6, 2009. [59 total comments]
It's the latest hit from the same crew that brought you Saddam = 9/11 and its twin chant, Saddam = WMD.
Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. November 9, 2009. [56 total comments]
Igor Panarin warns that the U.S. will splinter into separate states controlled by foreign powers in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.
James Howard Kunstler, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 4, 2009. [46 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. [45 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."
Tana Ganeva, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009. [45 total comments]
Scary.
Abdullah Obaidi, Asia Times. November 4, 2009. [45 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.
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. November 6, 2009. [44 total comments]
That's not stopping the usual suspects from crying "jihad."
Makenna Goodman, TreeHugger. November 7, 2009. [44 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, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. [44 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.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009. [44 total comments]
The House of Representatives passed an historic health-care reform bill with a two-vote margin. Here are the 39 Democrats who voted against reform.
Alana Levinson, The Nation. November 9, 2009. [43 total comments]
Many college-aged conservatives are turned off by the Bible-thumping intolerance of much of the Republican Party.
Rachel Morris, Mother Jones Online. November 10, 2009. [42 total comments]
Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more dangerous than you think.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. November 6, 2009. [42 total comments]
To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.
Ari Berman, The NationAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 9, 2009. [40 total comments]
It's shocking that the state would rather keep an innocent man behind bars than admit a mistake.
Christine Spolar, Joseph Eaton, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. November 10, 2009. [37 total comments]
Soft drink makers, supermarket companies, agriculture and the fast-food business have poured millions into campaigning against taxes on sweetened beverages.
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."
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. [34 total comments]
Beck described SEIU nurse care as "amazing" after his inflamed appendix was removed.
Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect. November 4, 2009. [31 total comments]
There's something really rotten in the state of Texas.
Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. November 9, 2009. [30 total comments]
Revelations from a european study effort reveal that biased news can have a "time bomb" effect.
Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 6, 2009. [30 total comments]
Former British ambassador alleges CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan.
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?
Tara Lohan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 6, 2009. [29 total comments]
Apparently Beck thinks PETA is as rad as the NRA. Who knew?
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. November 9, 2009. [27 total comments]
Forget the "debates" in Washington over Afghan War policy. Construction activity and the flow of money suggests that the Pentagon plans to be there for a long, long time.
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