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When Mormons Were Socialists: Why the Mormon Church's Founders Would be Very Disappointed in Mitt Romney

Troy Williams, Salon. April 15, 2012.

The slick, painfully monogamous, politically malleable super-capitalist Romney who shares “humorous” tales of layoffs would horrify the founders of his faith.

10 Phony Scandals the GOP May Waste Your Tax Dollars Investigating

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 2, 2010.

Get ready for a reprise of the Clinton wars, as House Republicans investigate everyone who's ever walked by the White House.

Documentary Reveals the Price Paid in Blood for the Senseless War in Afghanistan

Sean Smith, The Guardian. July 29, 2010.

Sean Smith's brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a 10 year old war.

Would Moses Be Confirmed to the U.S. Department of Labor?

Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches. October 6, 2009.

What we’ve been doing as a nation to protect low-wage workers from workplace robbery is clearly not working.

What Porn Is Really For

Clive James, BBC. April 7, 2009.

A political scandal rocking the UK over porn films charged to a govt. expense account raises the question: why do people enjoy skin flicks, anyway?

We Have Fox News Up Against the Ropes [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. February 10, 2008.

Naomi Wolf causes Fox anchor Shepard Smith to get all flustered and yell, "Don't you Fox on me!"

GOP Sen. Gordon Smith Defends Trent Lott's Segregationist Comments

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. December 18, 2007.

Lott himself has called the comments "insensitive," "repugnant" and "inexcusable" during an appearance on a black-oriented cable channel.

CNN Has Become the "Celebrity News Network"

Guest Blogger, July 12, 2007.

Lisa Goldstein: When you bump Michael Moore for the likes of Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole Smith, you've lost some serious credibility.