Here Come the Media Attacks on Obama
By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
Clear signs suggest that Obama’s press treatment is going to get rough, as the media begins to adopt GOP spin.
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Hillary Will Never Say Die, But Tuesday Could Be Her Last Gasp
By Paul Harris, The Observer UK
This week’s primaries in delegate-rich Ohio and Texas may well be her last roll of the dice.
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Record Turnout Expected in Ohio Primary
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Despite bad weather, early voting suggests numbers will be at general election levels.
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Raped and Silenced in the Barracks
By Jessica Pupovac, In These Times
The Pentagon fails to protect U.S. troops from sexual abuse — sometimes with deadly results.
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Is Bush to Blame for the Economy?
By Dean Baker, The American Prospect
Presidents don’t deserve all the blame (or credit) for the economy’s performance, but Bush turned a blind eye to the mounting economic crisis.
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Will the Clash of Faiths Go on Forever?
By Daniel Lazare, The Nation
Religious conflict rages on, despite claims we live in a “secular age” — two authors explore the clash of beliefs.
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Can Botched Plastic Surgery Be Undone?
By Luiza Sauma, Independent UK
Courtney Love is not the only one regretting plastic surgery.
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What It Will Take to Save the Wild Salmon
By Joseph Friedrichs, Plenty Magazine
Here’s a hint: It has a lot to do with dams.
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Fox News Promotes Global Warming Deniers, Says US Should Fear “Cooling”
By Ali Frick, Think Progress
This staged conference “proves” little more than that a group funded by Big Oil can easily attract sham scientists to tout the industry’s line.
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Sex Toys Are Finally Legal in Texas
By Em & Lo, Daily Bedpost
An appeals court overturned Texas’s ban, forcing the state to finally accept that if dildos are outlawed, only outlaws will have dildos.
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Women’s Lives Are Worse Than Ever, Thanks George W.
By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville
President Bush claims that Afghani women are “learning the blessings of freedom.” But all we’ve given them is poverty, death and abuse.
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