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Liliana Segura, AlterNetAlterNet: War on Iraq. August 21, 2008. [550 total comments]
Like Iraq, Vietnam was not a noble cause. It's time we stopped letting politicians and the press perpetuate the McCain War Hero myth.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 23, 2008. [452 total comments]
But his overall record is a mixed-bag for progressives.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 27, 2008. [204 total comments]
In a speech to a roaring crowd at the DNC, Hillary Clinton gave full support to Barack Obama, promising to fight for health care and the environment.
Adele M. Stan, Media Consortium. August 23, 2008. [170 total comments]
We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy?
Cheryl Saban, Huffington Post. August 21, 2008. [161 total comments]
A mind-boggling variety of torture devices have been contrived throughout history to make women more 'attractive' to men.
Phillip Butler, Military.com. August 21, 2008. [152 total comments]
A fellow Vietnam POW of McCain's warns of the candidate's "quick and explosive temper" and suggests McCain is exaggerating his imprisonment.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 21, 2008. [151 total comments]
The controversial oil magnate has made headlines for a supposed conversion to cleaner energy, but there's ample reason to be suspicious.
ZP Heller, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. August 25, 2008. [135 total comments]
The DNC protests are officially under way.
Max Blumenthal, The Nation. August 23, 2008. [134 total comments]
Corsi's success represents the apotheosis of a long, strange trip from the furthest shores of the right into the national spotlight.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, AlterNet: Video. August 26, 2008. [129 total comments]
"If there was an Olympics for misleading and mismanaging this Administration would take the gold."
John Feffer, Tomdispatch.com. August 22, 2008. [120 total comments]
A futurologist looks back at the public complacency of 2008 that led to disaster from the year 2016.
Sandhya Bathija, Church & State Magazine. August 27, 2008. [98 total comments]
A new law in Louisiana allows teachers to bring in "supplemental textbooks" about evolution, the origins of life and global warming to science class.
Drew Westen, Huffington Post. August 26, 2008. [92 total comments]
Dems have used the same playbook to guide themselves to losing presidential campaigns for decades. Here are the techniques Obama should avoid.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. August 21, 2008. [90 total comments]
Critiques of Barack Obama's suitability for the office of the presidency have been bookended by astonishingly contradictory stereotypes.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. August 27, 2008. [88 total comments]
Mounting NATO bombing raids and widespread detentions of Afghans are rapidly turning the country into the mirror image of Iraq.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 26, 2008. [88 total comments]
Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story. And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 26, 2008. [84 total comments]
Money is on the mind of voters as they see their paychecks shrink from inflation, their jobs threatened and their middle-class dreams diminished.
Bob Herbert, The New York Times. August 23, 2008. [82 total comments]
A populist message and a willingness to take the fight to his opponent is Barack Obama's ticket to the White House.
Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. August 27, 2008. [79 total comments]
The housing crisis is a result of reckless deregulation by specific individuals.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. August 24, 2008. [77 total comments]
Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war.
John Dolan, AlterNet. August 25, 2008. [77 total comments]
Nothing seems to keep the Neocons from losing respectability. Here are three contenders for the dumbest Neocon predictions post-Iraq.
Stewart Lawrence, AlterNet. August 22, 2008. [69 total comments]
Comprehensive reform has been killed twice in recent years; the question is what the next round will look like.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. August 26, 2008. [68 total comments]
Bush's supporters see the global war on terrorism as a "clash of civilizations" -- yet the civilization we are destroying in Iraq is part of our own.
John Nichols, The Nation. August 23, 2008. [63 total comments]
It didn't take a newfangled text message, just an old-fashioned leak, to identify Obama's running mate.
Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. August 21, 2008. [61 total comments]
Comments by host Jon Justice could prove to be the spark that turns ominous hate speech into real-life acts of hatred.
Davin Hutchins, American News ProjectAlterNet: Video. August 26, 2008. [60 total comments]
Not everything is warm and fuzzy at the DNC.
Suzi Steffen, AlterNet. August 22, 2008. [59 total comments]
How same-sex marriage in California affects the country -- and the election.
Dave Dempsey, AlterNet. August 26, 2008. [47 total comments]
A new compact protecting the Great Lakes is set to pass Congress, but there are a few green critics with serious concerns.
Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. August 25, 2008. [46 total comments]
Obama and McCain are both taking whacks at overpaid CEOs, but their solutions fall short.
Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. August 25, 2008. [43 total comments]
The Slow Food Nation gathering promises to be a Woodstock for food lovers and enviros concerned with our food system.
Jared Bernstein, Huffington Post. August 27, 2008. [41 total comments]
McCain's got eight houses and a level of wealth that insulates him from the real lives of 99% of Americans. That's dangerous for a president.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. August 22, 2008. [40 total comments]
A debate over McCain's claims of "victory in Iraq" is one Obama can win if he hits hard.
Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld.net. August 26, 2008. [37 total comments]
Why we need to make "global warming" the most important issue of the convention.
Frank Rich, The New York Times. August 25, 2008. [37 total comments]
R.I.P., 'Change We Can Believe in.' The fierce urgency of the 21st century demands Change Before It's Too Late.
Matt, Think ProgressAlterNet: PEEK. August 25, 2008. [35 total comments]
Glenn Beck is a lunatic.
Lindsay Beyerstein, FiredoglakeAlterNet: PEEK. August 25, 2008. [33 total comments]
The entire U.S. is supposed to be a free speech zone, isn't it?
AlterNet Staff, AlterNetAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 26, 2008. [33 total comments]
Cop slams protester to the ground, then detains her before she can talk to the press.
Jill Hussein C., Brilliant at BreakfastAlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2008. [32 total comments]
Watch it Joe, your jealousy of Maddow is starting to show.
Amanda Terkel, Think ProgressAlterNet: Media and Technology. August 24, 2008. [32 total comments]
Thank God for the Winter Games -- those figure skaters are all super-manly men.
ZP Heller, Meet the BloggersAlterNet: Video. August 23, 2008. [31 total comments]
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