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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's Blog. July 9, 2009. [378 total comments]
He was not a musical genius; didn't break down racial barriers; wasn't a great dancer; didn't change American culture.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. July 4, 2009. [373 total comments]
What is behind Palin's resignation from office?
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. July 7, 2009. [314 total comments]
Father of the Gaia Theory, James Lovelock says we can't stop climate change, but that humanity will continue in some smaller form.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 8, 2009. [277 total comments]
The split among conservatives over who's to blame for Palin’s early exit from the national stage is breaking out into the airwaves.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. July 6, 2009. [219 total comments]
Remember, this is the woman Republicans wanted to put a heart beat away from the Presidency. When did the GOP become so irresponsible?
Mark Levine, AlterNet. July 9, 2009. [195 total comments]
Shock: It seems the FBI cares more about protecting its illegal surveillance methods than following leads to stop terrorism.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. [180 total comments]
When I got the invite to a friend's abortion party, I thought it was a way to help her through a difficult decision. I was right and wrong.
Theresa Amato, The New Press. July 7, 2009. [175 total comments]
Third-party candidates are effectively shut out of the presidential race by the two major parties designed to squash the competition.
Robert Jensen, Soft Skull Press. July 3, 2009. [169 total comments]
To imagine a just and sustainable world, we need not just a politics but a theology that can help us face our delusional arrogance.
Melissa McEwan, Comment Is FreeAlterNet: PEEK. July 7, 2009. [134 total comments]
Palin is cut from the same cloth as our former president, who was similarly ridiculed and rejected by conservative leaders early on.
Kathy Freston, AlterNet. July 6, 2009. [131 total comments]
A new campaign is focused on convincing the world not to eat chickens, pigs, and other animals -- just one day per week.
Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. July 6, 2009. [127 total comments]
Luz Guerra has already lost her job. Now she might lose her car, her home and her health insurance.
Sonali Kolhatkar, Mariam Rawi, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. [120 total comments]
Waging war does not lead to the liberation of women anywhere -- even if you call soldiers "peacekeeping forces."
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. [112 total comments]
On immigration law, and his 'anchor baby' nonsense, Bibray makes Ron Paul look like a constitutional scholar.
Joseph Laycock, Religion Dispatches. July 6, 2009. [110 total comments]
Conspiracy theorists and fringe Christians think the mysterious Georgia stones signal the coming of a "New World Order."
JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. July 3, 2009. [102 total comments]
Sanford is no more of a moralist than those in the party of Barack and Bill, the party of "don't ask, don't tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act.
Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. July 4, 2009. [97 total comments]
Matt Taibbi explains how the company created market bubbles and then profited from the crash that followed.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. July 3, 2009. [96 total comments]
We're building new "embassies" that run close to $1 billion and host countries keep jacking the rent for existing bases.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. [96 total comments]
Progressive leader and health crusader Dean on what it's going to take to overhaul our health care system.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. July 7, 2009. [79 total comments]
If the Israeli government and courts were adhering strictly to the law, the settlers would have been gone long ago.
Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. July 4, 2009. [78 total comments]
The basic hierarchy and theology of the Catholic Church is a recipe for the abuse of power.
Sustain LaneJuly 9, 2009. [77 total comments]
Air fresheners, disinfectants, and cleaners found under your sink are more dangerous than you think.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. July 4, 2009. [76 total comments]
Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers whatever fancy seized him -- including his made-to-order kids.
AFPJuly 3, 2009. [70 total comments]
Amnesty accused Israeli forces of using children as human shields and conducting wanton attacks on civilians.
Rob Johnson, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. [68 total comments]
The sordid story of how Goldman Sachs and Co. engineered bubbles in the economy and made a hefty profit.
Ryan Grim, Wiley. July 6, 2009. [67 total comments]
Exclusive from new book shares the '80s generation's encounter with illicit drugs, and how they really caught on.
Digby, HullabalooAlterNet: PEEK. July 6, 2009. [59 total comments]
"Israel can determine for itself ... what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else."
Ian Millhiser, Think ProgressAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 6, 2009. [57 total comments]
Randall Terry has announced a 12-city tour to spread word that "[t]o refuse to filibuster [Sotomayor] is to bow ... to the Angel of Death."
BarbinMD, Daily KosAlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009. [57 total comments]
Gee, what a surprise.
Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. July 7, 2009. [55 total comments]
Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working.
Joe Costello, AlterNet. July 7, 2009. [54 total comments]
The death of Robert McNamara is a time to remember how dangerous the idea of technocrats running Washington has been.
Bill Berkowitz, AlterNet. July 7, 2009. [53 total comments]
The Promise Keepers -- a conservative men's group -- is focusing on women, the poor and Jews.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. July 7, 2009. [52 total comments]
Fundamental health reform is now within reach. Obama and activists need to get those last "centrists" on board.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. July 4, 2009. [52 total comments]
Agitators created America, and it's their feisty spirit and outright rebelliousness that we celebrate on our national holiday.
David Beers, The Tyee. July 4, 2009. [49 total comments]
Pollan gives a glimpse at the current state of food politics inside the White House and within his own home.
Dean Baker, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. [48 total comments]
If the public plan is bad, then people will just stay with the options currently available in the private sector.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 3, 2009. [48 total comments]
Too much CO2 in the air and not enough oxygen in the oceans may release a toxic dose of hydrogen sulfide -- an unheralded executioner.
Sasha Abramsky, PoliPoint Press. July 4, 2009. [40 total comments]
America's poor are being priced out of a market flush with excess eatables. It's an abomination we can fix.
Amanda Terkel, AlterNet: PEEK. July 7, 2009. [40 total comments]
Oh, and she also left the door open to running for national political office in the future.
David Waldman, Daily KosAlterNet: PEEK. July 8, 2009. [39 total comments]
The brother of our former President accused Obama of misleading voters during his campaign. Remind you of someone else we know?
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