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Conservatives Are Waging a War on Empathy -- We Can't Let Them Win By George Lakoff, AlterNet Conservatives are trying to redefine empathy as irrational personal feeling. In fact, empathy is the basis of our democracy and must be defended. Read more »   Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca By Rory O'Connor, AlterNet MSNBC's star pundits have positioned the network as the progressive alternative to Fox. Read more »   Bush-Era Moral Crusaders Still Pushing Marriage on the Rest of Us By Amy DePaul, AlterNet Under Bush, conservatives hijacked federal assistance money to promote marriage. Will they have any luck under Obama? Read more »   Piecing Together the Murder of Dr. George Tiller: Right-Wing Violence Rears Its Head By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet Tiller was the target of vicious on-air attacks by Bill O'Reilly. Could the murderer have been inspired by O'Reilly's rants? Read more »   Taibbi: No More Compromise -- Obama Must Wholly Reject Bush's Dictator Policies By Matt Taibbi, True/Slant The recent haggling over Guantanamo is such classic Democratic Party politics, it's almost laughable. Almost, except that it's, you know, revolting. Read more »   Does Obama Want to Replace Your Facebook Profile with Your Social Security Card? By Annalee Newitz, io9 You heard it here first: The next evolution of identity management in the U.S. will grow out of Facebook. So watch what you out in your profile. Read more »   "Weird" Sex Fantasies, And Why They're Good For You By Brie Cadman, Divine Caroline Having sexual fantasies is an absolutely normal, if not necessary, part of being a sexual being. It's not having them that is aberrant. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     The Obamas Go on a Date, So Republicans Go Nuts (Naturally) By Booman, Booman Tribune Barack and Michelle Obama went to Manhattan last night to see a Broadway play. Cue conservative faux outrage. Read more »   Stuck in Your Job Because You Need the Health Benefits? You're Not Alone. By Monica Sanchez, Blog for Our Future There are the millions of people for whom losing their employer-based coverage would have dire financial and health consequences. Read more »

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