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3 Silly Religious Beliefs Held By Non-Silly People

By Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. October 30, 2009.
Many of the beliefs held by religious moderates -- smart people who respect science and the separation of church and state -- are as untenable as the dogma of fundamentalists.

Right-Wingers in Congress Love Their Own Govt.-Run Health Care, But They Hate Sharing It

By Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009.
Politics: Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system.

30 Reasons Fox News Is Not Legit

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. October 28, 2009.
Media and Technology: Fox News routinely, and blatantly, breaks the code to which ethical journalists are supposed to aspire.

What's So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His University Speech

By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. October 28, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Agribusiness is trying to combat Pollan's message of sustainable, healthy eating.

Is Sleeping With a Married Man Sexist?

By Mandy Van Deven, RH Reality Check. October 27, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: How does sleeping with a married man square with feminist politics?

Will People-Power Defeat the Insurance Lobby This Time Around?

By Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. October 27, 2009.
Politics: This is a case where the simple facts and persistent grassroots pressure may overcome the political power of a major industry.

Reid and Pelosi Have Delivered on the Public Option -- Now Let's Get This Done

By Mike Lux, Open Left. October 27, 2009.
Health and Wellness: In the coming weeks we will have an all-out public war with the insurance industry. It will decide whether we pass comprehensive reform or once again fall short at the bitter end.

Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann Slam Fox News Propaganda About Their Meeting with Obama

AlterNet. October 27, 2009.
Media and Technology: The commentators point out that liberals could not get an invitation to meet with President Bush to save their lives, while Obama meets with liberals and conservatives.

Our Economy Was a Scam and Now We're Dead Broke

By Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. October 27, 2009.
Politics: America is broke. And the easy credit, phantom "growth" economy has been exposed for what it was: a credit scam.

Holy Cow, Is Congress Getting Serious About Real Health Care Reform?

By Peter Dreier, The Nation. October 26, 2009.
Health and Wellness: There is still no guarantee that a progressive bill will end up on Obama's desk. But the chorus in favor of the public option is getting louder.

President Obama And Gov. Paterson Get Love For Recent Drug Policy Reforms

By Tony Newman, AlterNet. October 24, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: We are obviously a long way from elected officials being honest and principled when it comes to dismantling the disastrous drug war. But the tides seem to be turning.

More and More Boys Born With Deformed Genitals -- What's to Blame?

By Joan Melcher, Miller-McCune.com. October 23, 2009.
Environment: Scientists are casting a wide net in search of chemicals seen as likely suspects in feminization and reproductive anomalies being spotted worldwide.

What Two Super-Jocks Can Tell Us About the Disastrous War on Pot

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 23, 2009.
Politics: We have a double standard -- promoting the recreational use of alcohol and banning the similar use of marijuana.

10 TV Shows You Have to Watch to Understand the World

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 23, 2009.
The master lineup of iconic shows that shaped our pop-culture landscape.

Can Drugs Make You Love Someone You Don't?

By Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. October 22, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Research into the chemicals that control love, lust and attachment could eventually result in drugs that would make you fall in love and bond with another person.

Why Do Men Catcall?

By Ronnie Koenig, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Screaming at women about their appearances reinforces some men's sense of dominance -- but it's street harassment.

Groups Rally to Stop Nestlé's Raid on Sacramento Water

By Dan Bacher, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.
Take Action: Grassroots community activists are mobilizing against the internationally boycotted corporation that is planning to bottle water in an already parched state.

Stores Peddling 'Illegal Alien' Costumes for Halloween

By Jessica Acee, Imagine 2050. October 19, 2009.
Immigration: Halloween is many things to many people, but Halloween is not an excuse to be racist, sexist, or homophobic.

8 Foods You Think Are Healthy ... But Aren't

By Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. October 19, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Processed foods, even organic and vegetarian ones, don’t provide the optimal health for our bodies.

Democrats Risk Electoral Disaster If They Drop the Public Option

By Robert Parry, Consortium News. October 19, 2009.
The public option offers the only means for a reform to be quickly implemented and to demonstrate a beneficial effect for the people by 2010 and 2012.

Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Are Crazy -- Yet Corporate Media Legitimize Them

By Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America. October 19, 2009.
Media and Technology: When Limbaugh, Beck and Fox news are treated like legitimate players, it causes the rest of the media to run to the right.

Why Is Everyone Pretending Olympia Snowe Is so Darn Important?

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 17, 2009.
Politics: Now all of American politics is focused on this unaccomplished backbencher and whether or not she will endorse the final bill.

4 TV Series That Should Not Be Missed

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 16, 2009.
Media and Technology: Serial TV is the best way to get a mini-escape into another land, another life, another person’s head -- here are four shows that will help you understand where the country is.

Hightower: Obama, Time to Work on Creating Jobs for Hardworking Americans

By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. October 15, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: FDR, when he faced deep and spreading national insecurity, made jobs first -- not last. And so should Obama.

Anti-Immigrant Hardliners Declare War on the Clergy

By Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. October 15, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Nativist groups are pulling an old strategy out of their play book as they attack members of the clergy.

Not Your Father's Chamber of Commerce: National Organization Is Now a Tool of the Radical Right

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 15, 2009.
Politics: Once a sane advocate and even community-minded organization, the Chamber of Commerce has been captured by the Republican Party.

Barbie's "Fat Ankles"? 9 of the Doll's Most Embarrassing Controversies

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check. October 13, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: The doll's history is filled with gender, body image and racial gaffes.

Marriage Equality in Califorina: Why We Can't Wait Until 2012

Love Honor Cherish. October 10, 2009.
Politics: Every day that Prop 8 remains part of the California Constitution, we each lose something. Here's why we should not lose a moment in the fight to repeal it.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Now He Must Earn It

By Richard Kim, The Nation. October 9, 2009.
World: It's as if the Nobel Committee gave Obama the award for behaving like a normal American president, instead of like a clueless corrupt cowboy.

On the Eve of Big D.C. March, Leaders Argue California Should Be Patient About Same-Sex Marriage

By Hans Johnson, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.
Politics: The founder of the nation's largest LGBT church and a noted activist say when it comes to restoring same-sex marriage to California, patience is a virtue.

40,000 More U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Won't Solve Its 40% Unemployment Rate

By Jodie Evans, AlterNet. October 8, 2009.
World: Afghan Parliament member Roshanak Wardak speaks out: Most of the women do not want more troops -- they need support to sustain their lives.

As Justice Sotomayor Hits the High Court, A Defense of Empathy

By Rick DeJesús-Rueff, Christian Science Monitor. October 7, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Weighing and balancing perspectives with empathy is a better recipe for justice than "blindness," which can cause us to miss the glaring injustices of our legal system.

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

By Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches. October 6, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: What we’ve been doing as a nation to protect low-wage workers from workplace robbery is clearly not working.

New Maryland 'Good Samaritan' Law Falls Short: It Should Never Be a Crime to Call 911

By Irina Alexander, AlterNet. October 6, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Two people die almost every day in Md. of a drug-related overdose. Witnesses frequently cite fear of police involvement as the primary reason for hesitating to call 9/11.

We've Given Trillions to the Super Rich -- There Are Many Better Uses for Your Money

By Matt Bivens, Tomdispatch.com. October 5, 2009.
For all the public money we give rich people, we can cure millions around the world of horrifying diseases.

Michele Bachmann Lobbies for Christian Punk Ministry Bent on Forcing Christ in Public Schools

By Andy Birkey, RH Reality Check. October 5, 2009.
The Christian punk rock band organizes motivational student assemblies to bring conservative Christian dogma to public schools. Separation of church and state, anyone?

Jesus Is Their Health Care: Why Conservative Christians Oppose Real Reform

By Angelia Wilson, Comment Is Free. October 5, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Christian conservatives support health care co-operatives -- but only for other Christians. Sounds like something Jesus would approve of.

5 Crazy Right-Wing Freak-Outs in Just One Glorious Week

By Brad Reed, AlterNet. October 5, 2009.
Politics: A hilarious look at conservative thought in the Obama era.

Americans Are Jobless and Scared -- The Government Must Spend More to Kickstart Our Economy

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. October 5, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The federal government should be spending even more than it already is. This is the only way to put Americans back to work. We did it during the Depression. It was called the WPA.

Why Is the Military Infringing on Obama's Decison-Making Turf?

By David Sirota, AlterNet. October 5, 2009.
The debate over Afghanistan sharpens that question about who "the deciders" should be -- elected officials or the military?

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