15 Most Loathsome Americans | The Trouble with the '50s | Why Do People Believe in God?

Headlines Newsletter January 31st, 2009 All stories, blogs, and video »

15 Most Loathsome People of 2008 By Allan Uthman, Ian Murphy, Buffalo Beast Limbaugh, Palin, Warren, and more. They're the worst people in America, and unfortunately they dominated last year's headlines. Read more »   In Some States, Fetuses Are Deemed More Important Than Women By Jeanne Flavin, NYU Press "Fetal rights" turn women into little more than baby carriers rather than human beings. Read more »   Why Do People Believe in God? By Larry Beinhart, AlterNet Many people continue to clutch to their belief in God, even though there's no evidence of a higher power. Why? Read more »   The Soul-Crushing Malaise of the 1950s Killed the American Dream By Michael Bader, AlterNet Barren suburban yards, drunk dads, dowdy moms, strained frivolity, deep depression -- let's hope the '50s don't make a comeback. Read more »   Three Reasons Why Single-Payer Health Care Has Become Possible By David Swanson, After Downing Street For starters, Democratic leadership could persuade enough Democrats to vote to pass it without a single Republican, if they chose to. Read more »   Cuckoo D'Etat: What Really Happened at Blagojevich's Impeachment Hearing By Scours Mopgood, AlterNet Satire: A sympathetic custodian has given AlterNet a detailed and hilarious description of how the disgraced ex-Governor's hearing went down. Read more »   Just What Is a Green Job Anyway? By Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com President Obama's call for "green jobs" has created both general confusion and competing interpretations of the term. Read more »   The Key to Happiness That No One -- Not Even the Happiness Gurus -- Are Discussing By Frances Moore Lappe, YES! Magazine Having our basic physical needs met isn't enough. Though they're important, neither are family and friends. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Why Are We Getting All NIMBY on Gitmo? By Leslie Savan, The Nation Now we're talkin' fear. Read more »   Republicans Throw Fit Over Family Planning Provisions in Stimulus Bill By Mary Jane Gallagher, Robin Summers, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association Let's take a moment to clear up some of the myths the GOP perpetuated this week about the provision they lobbied so hard to destroy. Read more »   When Will the GOP Ditch the 'Scapegoat the Immigrants' Playbook? By Frank Sharry, Huffington Post First it was SCHIP, now it's the Stimulus. Read more »   Arnoldbucks: IOUs for Californians By ZP Heller, Brave New Films Schwarzenegger told Californians they're on the brink of financial "Armageddon," but won't help fix the budget crisis. Read more »

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