On AlterNet: denial

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Conservatives Are Hitting Rock Bottom

D. R. Tucker, Michael Stafford, TruthOut.org. May 9, 2012.

Ayn Rand and Jim Crow have driven the American right into moral bankruptcy. Two conservatives argue that there's no comeback in sight until they repudiate both.

Is Understanding Climate Change An Economic Luxury?

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune Magazine. April 12, 2012.

New research says that the state of the economy has a big impact on our opinions about climate change

Exposed: Leak of Documents Shows How Leading Libertarian Think Tank Is Working to Undermine Climate Science

Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian. February 15, 2012.

Information published by DeSmogBlog reveals that the Heartland Institute keeps prominent skeptics on its payroll and relies on millions in funding from the carbon industry.

Profiting From Catastrophe: If Fossil Fuel Companies Burn All Their Reserves We're Undeniably Screwed

Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. February 7, 2012.

Here are the facts: The business models at the center of our economy are in the deepest possible conflict with physics and chemistry.

How the Occupy Movement Helped Americans Move Beyond Denial and Depression to Action

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. December 5, 2011.

The spirit of liberation psychology--a tradition from Latin American protest movements--has been embraced by U.S. Occupy participants.

Guess What? Most "Buttons" You Push Only Exist to Make You Feel Like You Have Control Over Your Life

David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart. August 22, 2011.

From fake door close buttons on elevators to non-functioning thermostats, placebo buttons are everywhere, but the cause-and-effect we think we see is made-up by our brains.

Living in Denial: Why Even People Who Believe in Climate Change Do Nothing About It

Christine Shearer, Left Eye on Books. May 19, 2011.

Kari Marie Norgaard's new book examines why those who know about climate change fail to act on that knowledge.

Bush Tries to Whitewash History; Portrays Himself as a Victim

Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect. December 17, 2008.

Even after all this time, Bush views the Iraq War with regret not over anything he did, but rather, over something that was done to him.

O'Reilly and Rove are Crazy, Say the Economic Crisis Is Just a Media Conspiracy

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. December 10, 2008.

Break out the tinfoil hats.

O'Reilly Whitewashes Torture at Gitmo: 'There's Certainly No Proof That Ever Happened'

Ryan Powers, ThinkProgress. December 2, 2008.

Is Bill O'Reilly really this naive?