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Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. December 11, 2009. [339 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?
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. December 14, 2009. [248 total comments]
True but kind of lame 9/11 story.
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. December 12, 2009. [215 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.
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.
Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. December 14, 2009. [155 total comments]
By making paranoia part of pop culture, writers like Dan Brown have made a fortune. Then again, maybe he belongs to a secret cabal.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. December 14, 2009. [146 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.
Staff, Agence France Presse. December 14, 2009. [125 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.
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal. December 11, 2009. [116 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.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 13, 2009. [114 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.
Bill Moyers, Howard Zinn, Bill Moyers Journal. December 15, 2009. [103 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. [96 total comments]
Defense attorney: "Future prospective torturers can now draw comfort from this decision."
Darcy Burner, AlterNet. December 16, 2009. [95 total comments]
Thanks to Joe Lieberman, the Senate health-care bill -- now with no public option or Medicare buy-in -- leaves progressives no choice but to kill it.
Jill Richardson, AlterNet. December 15, 2009. [79 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?
Joshua Holland, AlterNetAlterNet: World. December 14, 2009. [75 total comments]
Eat your heart out, Bill-O.
Evelyn Pringle, TruthOut.org. December 14, 2009. [75 total comments]
Psychiatric drugs are overprescribed and can even make mental symptoms worse in kids. They're also a goldmine for drug companies.
Alexandra Suich, The Nation. December 11, 2009. [60 total comments]
A tax on plastic surgery may generate $6 billion in ten years. But feminist groups oppose it. Why?
Dr. Susan Block, CounterPunch. December 14, 2009. [52 total comments]
The new Tiger Woods -- flawed philanderer, sex addict, bad boy -- is far more interesting than the scrubbed-down endorsement machine we're used to seeing.
Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. December 12, 2009. [46 total comments]
Public restrooms: The final frontier of the right's war on queer folk?
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. December 16, 2009. [40 total comments]
Are the Dems willing to learn something from the disaster that has overtaken the U.S. economy, and get behind financial reform?
Jessica Weisberg, AlterNet. December 14, 2009. [37 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."
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.
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.
David Bacon, The Progressive. December 16, 2009. [33 total comments]
'Sanctions pretend to punish employers but in reality, they punish workers.'
Michael Bader, AlterNet. December 17, 2009. [31 total comments]
The hundreds of media theories that have grown up around the Woods scandal have nothing to do with him and everything to do with us.
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. [29 total comments]
Don't be fooled. Hummers and McDonald's aren't "green." Neither are fossil fuels or Fox News, for that matter.
Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. December 16, 2009. [29 total comments]
Did NJ Republican Chris Christie grant legal protection to neo-nazi radio host Hal Turner for his undercover role in a federal program to "flush out" violent far-right plots?
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. December 16, 2009. [28 total comments]
Sen. Bernie Sanders has pulled his single-payer amendment from the floor due to lack of support.
Tara Lohan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. December 11, 2009. [28 total comments]
Yeah, this is bad (and also a little funny).
David Edwards, Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. December 17, 2009. [28 total comments]
Dean's call to start from scratch and craft a new health care bill is a cause for frustration for Obama's press secretary and Sen. Rockefeller.
Cara, FeministeAlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. December 11, 2009. [27 total comments]
They thought that she was too poor to be telling the truth about her income.
Sarah Sloane, SeXis Magazine. December 14, 2009. [27 total comments]
What happens when a deeply religious person finds that their sexual interests seem at odds with their faith? Sometimes, it's easier to reconcile than it seems.
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.
Norm Stamper, AlterNet. December 14, 2009. [25 total comments]
A new poll shows that most Americans are ready to legalize marijuana, but not drugs like cocaine or heroin. A 34-year police vet says it's time to legalize them all.
Alex Seitz-Wald, Think ProgressAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 16, 2009. [24 total comments]
Just when you thought he couldn't reach a new low...
Tana Ganeva, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. December 15, 2009. [24 total comments]
Norris brings his fine political mind to the battle over health reform.
Luanne Bradley, EcoSalon. December 15, 2009. [23 total comments]
Aren't we already up to our ears in calendars, cell phones and Ugg boots?
Megan Carpentier, Air America. December 11, 2009. [23 total comments]
Pentagon policy from the Rumsfeld days on acceptable kill rates still seems to be the guiding logic for what field commanders are telling the news media.
Ari Melber, TheNation.comAlterNet: PEEK. December 14, 2009. [23 total comments]
ACORN finally won a round in its battle with Congress and the Obama administration on Friday.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 17, 2009. [23 total comments]
Politicians' claim that moving detainees to Illinois will create 3,000 jobs is a distraction from an ugly reality; Gitmo is not being closed, it is being moved onto U.S. soil.
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