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Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. December 20, 2006. [214 total comments]
The majority of working moms who leave their jobs do so because of inflexible office policy, not Martha Stewart fantasies.
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. December 20, 2006. [199 total comments]
The Left Behind video game encourages you to celebrate the birth of Jesus by wasting dozens of people at a time, using a variety of Christ-sanctioned weapons.
Chris Hedges, The Nation. December 23, 2006. [190 total comments]
There's nothing outrageous or bigoted about Jimmy Carter's book arguing that Palestinians are victims of apartheid, as critics are claiming. If anything, Carter mutes his case.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. December 21, 2006. [187 total comments]
The Bush Administration is hooked on the drug of military might, with Gates calling for sending more troops to a war we can't win.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 23, 2006. [140 total comments]
Israel may well find itself at war with Syria and Hezbollah in the coming months, and the American foreign policy establishment needs to let go of its long-standing biases to prevent these conflicts.
Robert Weitzel, Smirking Chimp. December 21, 2006. [117 total comments]
In his position as the Alpha Male, leader-of-the-pack, Bush may represent the vanguard of our species' future evolutionary development.
Anthony Arnove, AlterNet. December 20, 2006. [110 total comments]
Each day the occupation continues, life gets worse for most Iraqis. Yet the U.S. still won't admit to failure.
Marc Mauer, TomPaine.com. December 22, 2006. [78 total comments]
The United States has now become the world leader in its rate of incarceration, locking up its citizens at 5-8 times the rate of other industrialized nations.
Liz Langley, AlterNet. December 22, 2006. [71 total comments]
In the name of peace, find a partner -- or find yourself -- and have an orgasm. Just don't fake it.
Marjorie Kelly, Tellus Institute. December 21, 2006. [70 total comments]
The U.S. media might have missed the significance of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, but the public shouldn't miss the message: It's about hope.
Cristina Page, TomPaine.com. December 21, 2006. [58 total comments]
Family planning has led to seismic change in our society, but not the kind of change the religious right would have you believe.
Larisa Alexandrovna, AlterNet. December 22, 2006. [54 total comments]
It's becoming increasingly clear that the US is in a holding pattern with regard to Iraq, stuck on stall while our soldiers and more Iraqis die.
Paul Rogat Loeb, AlterNet. December 20, 2006. [52 total comments]
How Hillary Clinton pocketed campaign contributions and shortchanged the Democratic Party in the name of personal political power.
Charlie Cray, Phil Mattera, TomPaine.com. December 22, 2006. [48 total comments]
After years of lax congressional oversight, most Americans think corporations wield too much power. Only by restoring the balance between government and the private sector can corporate America regain the public's trust.
Mary Shaw, AlterNet. December 20, 2006. [45 total comments]
It only takes one look at tinseled-out storefronts to see that Christmas is alive and thriving.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2006. [43 total comments]
Joshua Holland: Hmmmm ...
Cenk Uygur, AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2006. [34 total comments]
Cenk Uygur: Capitalism
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. December 21, 2006. [30 total comments]
'I trust that this will be the last time my work is cited by Focus on the Family'
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. December 21, 2006. [29 total comments]
Muslim Dem out-graces Christian Rep...
Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. December 20, 2006. [28 total comments]
Across the U.S., female animals exposed to toxic chemicals are suffering from a flurry of health problems, from shrunken ovaries to spontaneous abortions. What does this mean for female humans?
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. December 21, 2006. [28 total comments]
Civil rights leaders unfortunately know all too well the appropriate community response when whites are responsible for hate crimes against blacks, but what about when the tables are turned?
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2006. [25 total comments]
Joshua Holland: I'm just sayin' ...
Jeffrey Klein, Paolo Pontoniere, New America MediaAlterNet: War on Iraq. December 21, 2006. [23 total comments]
Saudi Arabia, fearful of a nuclear Iran and a Shiite Iraq, is taking steps to influence U.S. policy in Iraq. The kingdom may also be building its own nuclear program.
Rebecca Solnit, Tomdispatch.com. December 23, 2006. [22 total comments]
A view of our recent past from the distant future -- from the death of the Republican party to the Latin Americna renaissance.
Evan Derkacz, December 23, 2006. [21 total comments]
A Christian from Middle America spends '30 Days' as a Muslim...
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2006. [18 total comments]
Robert Reich: Can we?
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. December 21, 2006. [15 total comments]
The annual list of presents for favorite -- and not so favorite -- public figures.
Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen, AlterNet. December 26, 2006. [15 total comments]
Many can plausibly lay claim to stinky media performances, but only a few can win a P.U.-litzer.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 26, 2006. [12 total comments]
Intelligence sources say President Bush -- along with Israel's Ehud Olmert and the UK's Tony Blair -- are weighing the possibility of Israeli-led attacks on Syria and Iran in early 2007, with the United States providing logistical back-up.
Alexander Zaitchik, December 22, 2006. [12 total comments]
The dean of conservative columny tees off on citizen journalism.
Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2006. [11 total comments]
Rejoice, poor people!
Jeanine Plant, AlterNetAlterNet: Movie Mix. December 23, 2006. [11 total comments]
Despite its ripped-from-the-headlines feel, Home of the Brave, the new film about Iraq war veterans who have trouble readjusting to life at home, is Hollywood all the way.
Joshua Holland, December 21, 2006. [11 total comments]
Joshua Holland: Can these guys do math?
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2006. [10 total comments]
Hint: it's "deeper than Islam"
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2006. [10 total comments]
Joshua Holland: Could there be a more counterproductive policy than the "source country" strategy in the "War on Drugs"?
Rory O'Connor, AlterNetAlterNet: MediaCulture. December 20, 2006. [10 total comments]
CBS News Chief Sean McManus discusses the future's newsroom, citizen media, and the failure of pre-Iraq media.
Evan Derkacz, December 20, 2006. [10 total comments]
And proven liar...
Jessica Valenti, AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2006. [10 total comments]
What could be more fun...
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. December 26, 2006. [8 total comments]
Joshua Holland: And gives the stay-the-course crowd a spanking.
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