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Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. December 11, 2009. [331 total comments]
A psychologist asks: Have consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?
Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. December 9, 2009. [270 total comments]
Obama promised change -- and sure enough, things are changing for the worse.
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. December 12, 2009. [210 total comments]
No, porn does not turn men into crazed sex fiends. But it's clear that pornography has affected the way we view -- and have -- sex. Here's how to counter porn's effects.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. December 10, 2009. [209 total comments]
Obama’s faux populism is beginning to grate, and I finally came unglued when one of his "we the people" e-mails from him landed on my screen.
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. December 14, 2009. [197 total comments]
True but kind of lame 9/11 story.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 9, 2009. [167 total comments]
Half-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a person's level of 'malintent' as a counterterrorism tool.
Greg Palast, AlterNet. December 11, 2009. [164 total comments]
I'm biting my nails waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling in 'Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission' -- here's why you should be too.
AlterNetDecember 10, 2009. [156 total comments]
Richard Cohen claims his therapy can turn gay people straight -- an absurd theory debunked by all national psychological associations.
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal. December 11, 2009. [114 total comments]
The Nobel Committee said Obama won the prize for his respect of international law and his efforts at disarmament, yet he won't even sign on to end a barbaric weapon.
Staff, Agence France Presse. December 14, 2009. [113 total comments]
The emails that have right-wingers frothing aren't scandalous. The issue is who hacked the scientists' computers, and what they had to gain from undermining their research.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 13, 2009. [113 total comments]
A California hipster can hit the vaporizer without fear of harassment, but a lower-class person smoking a blunt may not be so lucky.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. December 14, 2009. [110 total comments]
AlterNet broke the news that Tax Cannabis 2010 in California has gathered a surplus of ballot petition signatures, moving the state towards pot legalization.
Bill Moyers, Howard Zinn, Bill Moyers Journal. December 15, 2009. [98 total comments]
Zinn: "Democracy doesn't come from the top. It comes from the bottom. Democracy is not what governments do. It's what people do."
Center for Constitutional RightsAlterNet: Rights and LibertiesDecember 14, 2009. [94 total comments]
Defense attorney: "Future prospective torturers can now draw comfort from this decision."
Think ProgressDecember 9, 2009. [93 total comments]
They're the 9th richest people in America and they're pushing hard to upend President Obama's progressive agenda.
Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report. December 10, 2009. [88 total comments]
There is plenty of reporting to be done in Copenhagen, but instead the media is playing into deniers' conspiracy theories.
David DeGraw, Amped Status. December 9, 2009. [83 total comments]
Increasing numbers of deployed soldiers, mercenaries and drones all add up to Obama being more of a war president than Bush, in terms of hard numbers.
Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. December 9, 2009. [80 total comments]
It is absolutely unacceptable to have 15 million people unemployed just because the people who call the shots are too dumb to figure out how to get them back to work.
Jill Richardson, AlterNet. December 15, 2009. [74 total comments]
Americans have become so overweight that a large percentage of young people no longer qualify for military service. How did we get here?
Evelyn Pringle, TruthOut.org. December 14, 2009. [72 total comments]
Psychiatric drugs are overprescribed and can even make mental symptoms worse in kids. They're also a goldmine for drug companies.
Laila Lalami, The Nation. December 9, 2009. [71 total comments]
A voter referendum prohibiting the construction of minarets in Switzerland is part of a disturbing, anti-Muslim trend that's been working its way through Europe for years.
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. December 14, 2009. [65 total comments]
Eat your heart out, Bill-O.
Alexandra Suich, The Nation. December 11, 2009. [58 total comments]
A tax on plastic surgery may generate $6 billion in ten years. But feminist groups oppose it. Why?
Liz Langley, AlterNet. December 10, 2009. [58 total comments]
Calendars and videos featuring scantily clad Mormons are helping redefine images of the Latter Day Saints -- but not everyone in the Church is happy.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. December 10, 2009. [56 total comments]
A year after the President's inauguration, much of the giddiness surrounding Obama has dissipated.
Fred Branfman, Sacramento News & Review. December 9, 2009. [53 total comments]
A strange cloud envelops human civilization as its leaders fail to take the measures to protect it in Copenhagen that they themselves endorsed just five months ago.
Jan Frel, AlterNetAlterNet: Video. December 9, 2009. [52 total comments]
Richard Cohen's teachings have been debunked by essentially all national psychological associations, and related peer-reviewed assessments.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. December 10, 2009. [50 total comments]
Hey, all you quitters and whiners: If it’s bad and it hurts, you have to try harder, have faith, and above all, think positive!
Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. December 12, 2009. [45 total comments]
Public restrooms: The final frontier of the right's war on queer folk?
John Nichols, TheNation.com. December 9, 2009. [40 total comments]
Senate Dems cut a deal on the public option but also endorse expanding Medicare, leaving some liberals torn over whether they will support the final bill.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 12, 2009. [35 total comments]
How a desire for bipartisanship and peace within his own party led Obama to appoint a hawkish cabal that pushed him to a renewed war in Afghanistan.
Jessica Weisberg, AlterNet. December 14, 2009. [34 total comments]
Walt Staton was dropping off water jugs for people who attempt the often deadly trek into Arizona from Mexico when the Feds ticketed him for "knowingly littering."
Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check. December 9, 2009. [33 total comments]
Why does Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, which teaches students to be "Champions for Christ," get tax-exempt status?
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 12, 2009. [33 total comments]
If you think an expanded Medicare makes up for the lack of a public option in the Senate bill, you're smoking medical marijuana.
Jan Frel, AlterNetAlterNet: DrugReporter. December 10, 2009. [30 total comments]
New poll shows 53% support for legalization.
Dave Zirin, AlterNet. December 11, 2009. [30 total comments]
Don't miss Howard Zinn's 'Voices of a People's History' debut on the History Channel on December 13th.
* Staff, WebEcoist. December 15, 2009. [28 total comments]
Don't be fooled. Hummers and McDonald's aren't "green." Neither are fossil fuels or Fox News, for that matter.
Christian Parenti, The Nation. December 10, 2009. [28 total comments]
The real purpose of sending 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan is to make Obama look tough as he heads toward his next election.
Tara Lohan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. December 11, 2009. [27 total comments]
Yeah, this is bad (and also a little funny).
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. December 14, 2009. [27 total comments]
The troop surge is only one part of the escalation of the Afghanistan war. Here are 8 more signs of how fully the President has committed us.
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