AlterNet's Most E-mailed Stories and Blog Posts
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Mark Ames, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. [428 e-mails sent]
That alleged killer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim is not enough to explain the attacks.
Sara Novak, Planet Green. November 5, 2009. [309 e-mails sent]
We know meat isn't necessarily the most healthy dietary choice; it could also be a fatal one.
AlterNet. November 9, 2009. [235 e-mails sent]
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.
Liz Langley, AlterNet. November 10, 2009. [233 e-mails sent]
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.
Dahr Jamail, Asia Times. November 10, 2009. [179 e-mails sent]
The shooting tragedy at Fort Hood on Friday points to a much larger problem of combat stress and overdeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Christopher Ketcham, CounterPunch. November 5, 2009. [164 e-mails sent]
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."
Devilstower, Daily Kos. November 10, 2009. [148 e-mails sent]
A new book points out that the ancient Christians -- and even early Americans -- did not share the blind faith of today's fundamentalists.
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. [108 e-mails sent]
Beck described SEIU nurse care as "amazing" after his inflamed appendix was removed.
Zach Carter, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. [103 e-mails sent]
If the economic crisis taught us anything, it's that bringing to heel the whiz kids of finance is a top priority.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 7, 2009. [99 e-mails sent]
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. [97 e-mails sent]
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.
Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. November 6, 2009. [89 e-mails sent]
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.
Steve Fox, AlterNet. November 9, 2009. [89 e-mails sent]
Anti-pot propaganda drives most people to drink alcohol instead. But booze is far more dangerous than marijuana.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 6, 2009. [88 e-mails sent]
He's been doing some reading lately.
PZ Myers, PharyngulaAlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2009. [85 e-mails sent]
"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."
Adele Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. [85 e-mails sent]
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.
Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 6, 2009. [84 e-mails sent]
Former British ambassador alleges CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 11, 2009. [80 e-mails sent]
The U.S. stands alone in the world in condemning thousands of juveniles to life without parole. And race is a huge factor. Will the Supreme Court even consider it?
Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 11, 2009. [78 e-mails sent]
A Justice Department subpoena requesting information on visitors to an independent news site is raising serious privacy concerns.
Russell Blackford, Udo Schuklenk, Comment Is Free. November 9, 2009. [77 e-mails sent]
Civility has its uses, but atheists should not be afraid to mock faith to undermine religious power.
Rachel Morris, Mother Jones Online. November 10, 2009. [58 e-mails sent]
Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more dangerous than you think.
Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. November 9, 2009. [57 e-mails sent]
Revelations from a european study effort reveal that biased news can have a "time bomb" effect.
Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. November 9, 2009. [56 e-mails sent]
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.
Steven D., Booman TribuneAlterNet: Sex and Relationships. November 10, 2009. [54 e-mails sent]
"It's unimaginable that a 56-year-old would be so deviant."
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 11, 2009. [54 e-mails sent]
Cultural barriers and naked corruption have rendered the Afghan National Army completely inept.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. November 11, 2009. [53 e-mails sent]
The right-wing media are trying to play "king-maker." But they are incapable of picking winners and stand poised to rip the Republican Party apart.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009. [48 e-mails sent]
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.
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. November 7, 2009. [46 e-mails sent]
Digitally-enabled mating culture has opened up the mate-finding process while also generating a whole new set of dating anxieties.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. November 9, 2009. [46 e-mails sent]
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.
Ari Berman, The NationAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 9, 2009. [46 e-mails sent]
It's shocking that the state would rather keep an innocent man behind bars than admit a mistake.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009. [46 e-mails sent]
Scary.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. November 11, 2009. [42 e-mails sent]
This Veterans Day, let's get past the bunting and ribbons and look at our returning troops' real needs.
Makenna Goodman, TreeHugger. November 7, 2009. [38 e-mails sent]
Because of its health benefits, many more people are turning to raw milk. But there's one hitch: Raw milk is illegal.
Robert Greenwald, Sick for Profit. November 5, 2009. [36 e-mails sent]
Hi, I'm Andy Cobb and I did all the damage I could being a spokesjerk for Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Faiz Shakir, Think ProgressAlterNet: World. November 11, 2009. [35 e-mails sent]
Jasen D. Bruce hit the priest in the head with a tire iron, then chased him three blocks.
Robin Marty, RH Reality CheckAlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009. [33 e-mails sent]
I think so.
Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 6, 2009. [31 e-mails sent]
Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.
Adele Stan, AlterNetAlterNet: Politics. November 6, 2009. [30 e-mails sent]
To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.
Alana Levinson, The Nation. November 9, 2009. [30 e-mails sent]
Many college-aged conservatives are turned off by the Bible-thumping intolerance of much of the Republican Party.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 5, 2009. [26 e-mails sent]
Has Obama spent too much political capital on health-care reform, and not enough on keeping families afloat in a flailing economy?
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