On AlterNet: orrin hatch

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Why Are We Still Funding Abstinence-Only Sex Ed?

Naomi Freundlich, Health Beat. April 24, 2010.

With its absence from the president's budget, you might have thought "Just Say No" sex ed was dead -- but the health-care bill gave it new life.

Video: Move Over, Adam Sandler: Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch Has His Own Hannukah Song

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 9, 2009.

Jeffrey Goldberg was tired of the ironic Hannukah songs written by Jews. So he called a Mormon senator for some earnest verses.

No Stupak Language in Senate Bill; Boxer "Couldn't Be Happier," Hatch Promises "Holy War"

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 19, 2009.

Women's rights advocates have been holding their collective breath as the Senate hammered out its bill. So far, so good.

This Was the Obama We've Been Waiting for

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 10, 2009.

At a joint session of Congress that rang like town halls, Obama comes out swinging for progressive ideals; yet his stance on the public option still is unclear.

It's Official: Sotomayor First Latina U.S. Supreme Court

Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.

By an easy 68-31 margin, lawmakers lifted the 55-year-old appeals court judge to the bench that serves as the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution.

Torture Memos & the Jay Bybee Problem

David Murdock, American News Project AlterNet: Video. April 29, 2009.

How did Jay Bybee breeze through a confirmation hearing for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court in February 2003?

Stephen Colbert Mocks Republican Senator; Sings for America: 'Blown Away By the USA'

Alex Leo, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. April 22, 2009.

Republican senator Orrin Hatch just released a patriotic album "Amazed by America," and Stephen Colbert is pissed, pissed I tell you.

Obama's Top Law Enforcer Is Preoccupied with Bush's War on Terror

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 16, 2009.

In his confirmation hearing, Holder called waterboarding "torture," but his support for preventive detention and warrantless spying is bad news.

In Feeble Bid to Be Cool, Bush Pardons Cocaine Smuggling Rapper

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 28, 2008.

George Bush pardoned rapper John Forte who was convicted of smuggling 1.4 million dollars worth of liquid cocaine.

Rachel Maddow on the Orrin Hatch/Alberto Gonzales dilemma [VIDEO]

Rachel Maddow, AlterNet: Video. April 3, 2007.

How to show loyalty to Bush while dumping on the guy whose job you seek...