The Cholesterol Con — Where Were the Doctors?
By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat
For years, medical studies have challenged the efficacy of cholesterol-lowering drugs. Why are we just hearing about this now?
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Hey Homeowners, Bush Blames You — Not Iraq — for Our Tanking Economy
By Tom Engelhardt, Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com
Five years into Iraq, Bush denies any link between Americans’ economic pain and war spending.
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Obama Will Not ‘Rule Out’ Private Security Contractors in Iraq
By Jeremy Scahill, TheNation.com
Blackwater might not be leaving any time soon.
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The Farrakhan Distraction
By Linda Mamoun, AlterNet
Why do we continue using Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan to undermine important concerns and historic campaigns?
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Could Our Democracy Withstand Another 9/11?
By David T. Z. Mindich, AlterNet
The Reichstag fire helped transform Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. What can we do to avoid a similar outcome?
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Why Dennis Kucinich Still Matters
By Deborah Emin, Huffington Post
Dennis Kucinich does not treat politics like a popularity contest. He is a voice for the people and ideas that we need to repair this country.
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Taxi to the Dark Side
By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate
Even after an Oscar win, Alex Gibney’s controversial documentary about U.S. torture policy is having trouble getting distribution.
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Right-Wing ‘Thinkers’ Reduce Pakistani Politics to Holy War
By Ali Eteraz, AlterNet
Simplistic conservative “intellectuals” are oblivious to Pakistan’s highly complex internal politics.
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New Report: One in 100 American Adults Currently in Prison
By Chris Bowers, Open Left
Military spending and incarceration rates are also both cornerstones of the booming Republican public sector economy.
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Mac & Sleaze: the GOP General Election Plan
By Daniel DiRito, The All Spin Zone
The bottom line is that the GOP desperately needs to define Obama…negatively.
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Union-Busting, the Latest Ugly US Export
By Tula Connell, Firedoglake
Union-busting is a $4 billion industry in the United States. The same hasn’t been true in Europe. Until now.
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