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Looking Back at Norman Podhoretz, a Key Influence on Today's Neoconservative Right

Norman Birnbaum, Truthdig. August 23, 2010.

Looking at two new books, by Thomas L. Jeffers and Benjamin Balint, on the longtime editor of Commentary and the magazine he shaped.

Mitchell & Jessen - The Guys Who Came Up With The Torture Program: The Young Turks

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

Surprise! Behind the torture program, a shocking story of profit and scandal.

Conservatives Packing Heat at Town Hall Meetings

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 11, 2009.

Two separate incidents of armed Tea Baggers infiltrating town hall meetings have occurred this week. Should we be worried for our lives?

Palinsanity - Obama Wants to Kill My Baby

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 9, 2009.

Palin feeds the Republican disinformation machine with batshit crazy accusations towards the current health care proposal.

Top Neocon Max Boot: Obama 'Continuing and Expanding' Bush's Foreign Policy

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. March 30, 2009.

In his latest love letter to Obama, Boot calls his Afghanistan plan "all that supporters of the war effort could have asked for."