The Top Ten Most Discussed Articles of the Year
Belief:
Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of Politics
Rev. Howard Bess
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
Will Our 'Green Jobs' Dollars Help a Ritzy Car Company Open a Toxic Manufacturing Plant?
Seth Sandronsky
DrugReporter:
We Can't Let Politics Keep Trumping Science on Drug Policy
Beth Schwartzapfel
Environment:
A New Outside-the-Beltway Climate Bill Deserves Support; Why Won't Enviros Get Behind It?
David Morris
Food:
The Year in Food: The Biggest Edible News of '09 and Predictions for 2010
Ari LeVaux
Health and Wellness:
How Real Health Reform Was Killed by Politicians Trying to Look 'Moderate'
James Ridgeway
Immigration:
Greyhound Lines Inc. Accused of Racial Profiling
Seth Hoy
Media and Technology:
Moyers, Moore and Maddow are the Most Influential Progressives
Don Hazen
Movie Mix:
James Cameron's Wizardry in 'Avatar' Movie Demands Being Witnessed on the Big Screen
Wajahat Ali
Politics:
Can We Rescue the Republic Before the Dark Politics Take Over?
Kirk Nielsen
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Men: Invisible Allies in the Struggle for Choice
Claire Keyes
Rights and Liberties:
Nigerian Man Attempted to Blow Up US Airliner
Sex and Relationships:
Sexy Mormons, the Joy of Vibrators and Sticking it to Puritans: 10 of Liz Langley's Best Pieces
AlterNet Staff
Take Action:
G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets
Laura Flanders
Water:
NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land in California
Dan Bacher
World:
Israel Declares War on NGOs and Human Rights Groups
Jerrold Kessel, Pierre Klochendler
Everyone likes to put their two cents in. Here are the AlterNet articles from 2006 that prompted the most discussion.
10. The Impeachment of George W. Bush
Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation
A former member of Congress who sat on the House Judiciary Committee during Nixon's impeachment reveals the whys, whens and hows of ousting president Bush.
9. Tyranny of the Christian Right
Michelle Goldberg, AlterNet
The largest and most powerful mass movement in the nation -- evangelical Christianity -- has set out to destroy secular society.
8. Before the 9/11 Conspiracies, There Was the Oklahoma Bombing
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com
Much of the faulty logic and circumstancial evidence that justifies the 9/11 conspiracies are repeats of the theories that abounded in Timothy McVeigh's Oklahoma City bombing.
7. Enough of the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Already
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive
We have enough proof that the Bush administration is a bunch of lying evildoers. We don't need to make it up.
6. What's Wrong With Calling Bush A Devil?
Jeff Cohen, AlterNet
Conservatives were quick to lash out at Hugo Chavez for calling President Bush a "devil," but that's exactly what Rush Limbaugh was calling Democrats only a few years ago.
5. No Thanks to Thanksgiving
Robert Jensen, AlterNet
Instead, we should atone for the genocide that was incited -- and condoned -- by the very men we idolize as our 'heroic' founding fathers.
4. An Atheist Bullies the Faithful
Lakshmi Chaudhry, In These Times
Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins reveals his fundamentalist approach to atheisim in his new documentary, The Root of All Evil.
3. Men Who Love Burgers and Loathe Sex
Susie Bright, SusieBright.com
There's an unhappy host of young men who seem to have soured on the mating game -- but why?
2. The 9/11 Faith Movement
Terry J. Allen, In These Times
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, nearly half of all Americans believe the Bush administration is covering up its involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
1. Is 9/11 Paranoia Bad for the Country?
Christopher Hayes, The Nation
The biggest threat posed by the 9/11 Truth Movement is the danger that it will discredit the healthy skepticism Americans increasingly show toward their leaders.
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