Public Health Option Equals Fatter Wallets | Sordid Political Sex Scandals | Obama on Wrong Side of History on Gay Marriage

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Got Health Insurance? Fighting for a Public Option Might Just Get You a Raise! By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Controlling health care costs isn't just necessary for the health of our economy -- it'd also be likely to boost personal incomes. Read more »   Obama Must Strongly and Unequivocally Condemn the Coup in Honduras By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet Failure to take actions that send a clear message of condemnation will be devastating to the still-fragile U.S. image in Latin America. Read more »   Obama's Stance on Same-Sex Marriage Puts Him on the Wrong Side of History By Richard Kim, The Nation The question is no longer whether Obama can afford to support gay rights with full-throated passion, but rather: Can he afford not to? Read more »   Michael Jackson Probably O.D.'d -- Just Like Thousands of Americans Who Fall Victim to Our Overdose Epidemic By Jill Harris, AlterNet We must learn how to reduce the harms associated with our drug use, including reducing easily preventable deaths from overdose. Read more »   Abyss of Joblessness: The Economy Can't Improve Unless We Put People Back to Work By Bob Herbert, The New York Times How do you put together a consumer economy that works when the consumers are out of work? Read more »   America's Grand Tradition of Sordid Sex Scandals By David Rosen, CounterPunch Last week, Gov. Mark Sanford participated in one of the oldest social rituals in American history: public shaming of the moral hypocrite. Read more »   Why Are People Obsessed With Their Kids? By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee Our current interest in children and parenting is neither normal nor historical. Nor is it very healthy for kids, parents and society at large. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Are Sanford's Deeds Worse Because He's a Republican? By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Shouldn't the GOP get hit harder when one of its ranks (yet again) fails to live up to the moral standard it espouses? Read more »   Obama is Courting Disaster With His New Detention Plan By Ari Melber, The Nation According to a new Washington Post/ProPublica piece, Obama is drafting a new executive order to reassert authority over indefinite detention. Read more »   Rush Limbaugh Calls Obama a "Colonial Despot" By Ryan Powers, Think Progress What does that make Limbaugh, then? Read more »

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