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Greta Christina, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [491 total comments]
In the marketplace of ideas, only religion gets a free ride in an armored tank.
Troy Jollimore, Truthdig. December 6, 2009. [191 total comments]
A new book, "The Case for God," argues that prominent non-believers like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris are wrong. Is it based on wishful thinking?
Barbara Ehrenreich, Tomdispatch.com. December 2, 2009. [178 total comments]
What feminists don't need, no matter how many "races for the cure" they run, is a ladies’ auxiliary to the cancer-industrial complex.
George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. December 2, 2009. [157 total comments]
The harm this country could do in the next two weeks will outweigh all the good it has done in a century.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 5, 2009. [144 total comments]
Why women have signed onto marijuana reform -- and why they could be the movement's game-changers.
Bill McKibben, Tomdispatch.com. December 7, 2009. [136 total comments]
Treating climate change as just another political problem may mean the end of civilization.
Brad Reed, AlterNet. December 6, 2009. [135 total comments]
Once upon a time, some brave scientists had a noble dream of ridding food of nutrients. That dream is closer to reality than ever.
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [134 total comments]
What's the biggest P.R. sin? It's not infidelity, or kinky sex, or making sex tapes. It's profiting from a holier-than-though public image based on lies.
Jodie Evans, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [132 total comments]
The president's announcement of a troop surge in Afghanistan this week prompted protests in over 80 communities across the country.
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. December 2, 2009. [130 total comments]
Obama's promise: Let's come together and get along to end the war - by waging the war more intensely…but only for eighteen months, and then we all get to go home.
Kiera Butler, Mother Jones. December 5, 2009. [118 total comments]
Foer's new book, Eating Animals, uncovers some ugly truths about America's meat production system, but he also weaves in stories from his own family history.
Elizabeth Warren, AlterNet. December 5, 2009. [98 total comments]
America today has plenty of rich and super-rich. But it has far more families who did all the right things, but who still have no real security.
AlterNetDecember 4, 2009. [96 total comments]
Tom Hayden says he's taking the Obama bumpersticker off his car, Laura Flanders says the Bush Doctrine is still alive, and more.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 7, 2009. [93 total comments]
Sterile posturing and cowardice have hollowed out the liberal cause.
Steven D., Booman TribuneAlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 5, 2009. [92 total comments]
Thank God for safe, humane, non-lethal technology.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [77 total comments]
Nicolette Hahn Niman's new book offers a much-needed addition to the debate about whether we should be eating meat.
Amanda Mueller, TruthOut.org. December 6, 2009. [59 total comments]
The Andersons were devastated to learn their unborn child wouldn't live. Dr. Tiller showed them the compassion they so badly wished they had from their friends.
Tony Newman, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [56 total comments]
2009 will go down as the beginning of the end of America's longest running war. Here's 10 reasons why.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. December 2, 2009. [51 total comments]
More than half of Americans have cut back on meat. Martha Stewart broadcasts a meatless Thanksgiving show. What gives?
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. December 2, 2009. [51 total comments]
Cut the music, and let's all ponder what Barack Obama, Roberts Gates, Stanley McChrystal and Co. are getting us into ... and whether we really want to go there.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [51 total comments]
Presented by FreedomWorks, the front group that organized the 9/12 March, a new documentary on the tea parties attempts to suggest that the protests were spontaneous.
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. December 3, 2009. [49 total comments]
True story.
Sena Christian, AlterNet. December 5, 2009. [47 total comments]
Ted Cox posed as a gay man to infiltrate gay-to-straight therapy programs. What he found was equal parts shocking and tragic.
Sandhya Bathija, Church and State. December 7, 2009. [44 total comments]
Every holiday season, Christian conservatives moan about a "war on Christmas." Not surprisingly, this is tied to massive fundraising campaigns.
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. December 6, 2009. [43 total comments]
Weird story.
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. December 4, 2009. [42 total comments]
Consider a rescue shelter for all your pet needs.
Karen Dolan, Diana Pearce, AlterNet. December 7, 2009. [42 total comments]
Like the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the safety net is failing Americans battered by the 'Great Recession' of 2008-2009.
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect. December 3, 2009. [40 total comments]
How America's commitment to states' rights is undermining our economic recovery.
Janet Redman, MinuteMan Media. December 3, 2009. [35 total comments]
It's a scheme that tries to sell business-as-usual as a solution to global warming. Here's how it works.
Alex Seitz-Wald, Think ProgressAlterNet: World. December 2, 2009. [34 total comments]
"I may even coach wrestling. Hey, Indiana Jones taught school, too."
Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. December 3, 2009. [34 total comments]
Imperial occupations have become geometrically more difficult since the Second World War.
Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360. December 5, 2009. [33 total comments]
The planet's climate scientists, bureaucrats, activists, skeptics and journalists will descend on Copenhagen for a fortnight of meeting, marching, denying and most of all spinning.
Isaiah J. Poole, Blog for Our Future. December 2, 2009. [33 total comments]
At a time when unemployment is expected to exceed 10 percent for the next several months, we should be talking about direct job funding by the government.
Karl R. Keys, Bill Pelke, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. [33 total comments]
Soldiers are coming home traumatized by the carnage they've seen. As veterans, we believe those who commit crimes due to severe mental problems should be treated, not killed.
Liz Langley, AlterNet. December 8, 2009. [32 total comments]
Looking at crap and calling it candy has become a growth industry. But experts say there are better ways to deal with crisis.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: World. December 7, 2009. [26 total comments]
Michael Moore says the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is about the American empire. Tomasky pleads a moral case for intervention.
David Sirota, Open LeftAlterNet: Politics. December 2, 2009. [25 total comments]
It's about time progressive Senators start using the power of obstruction for progressive ends.
Steve Benen, Washington MonthlyAlterNet: Politics. December 7, 2009. [24 total comments]
The Senator from Arizona seems grumpy these days.
Andy Kroll, Tomdispatch.com. December 2, 2009. [24 total comments]
The American home-owner's dream is on life support: millions are suffering disastrous subprime mortgages or sky-high interest rates.
Staff, Media Matters for AmericaAlterNet: Video. December 4, 2009. [24 total comments]
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