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The Rise of Gonzo Porn Is the Latest Sign of America's Cultural Apocalypse By Chris Hedges, Nation Books A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies. A visit to a Las Vegas porn convention reveals we are dying now. Read more »   Racism Is the Prime Cause for Debunked Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy Theory By Liliana Segura, AlterNet The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause. Read more »   Behind Sarah Palin's Wacky Pentecostal Faith By Anthea Butler, Religion Dispatches When God is treated like "on-demand cable," the most fervent believers will have trouble adhering to basic rules of propriety, let alone values. Read more »   Naomi Klein: Let's Put an End to Sarah Palin-Style Capitalism By Naomi Klein, The Progressive Capitalism can survive this crisis. But the world can't survive another capitalist comeback. Read more »   How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer By Janet Paskin, Ode For more than three decades, we've been told that fatty foods are deadly. But new research suggests that fat can be good for you. Read more »   How Lou Dobbs Scared Rush Limbaugh Off the Birther Story By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America The media backlash that Dobbs set off made sure that nobody will ever take the birthers seriously again. Read more »   Why Midwestern Small Towns Have Been Ravaged by Meth Addiction By Charles Homans, Washington Monthly Nick Reding's book "Methland" argues that the shocking rates of meth addiction in the US heartland are in many ways a product of globalization. Read more »   Bill Moyers: Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms By Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet As Republicans fire away on health reform, big business is stepping up attacks too, lobbying and advertising guns blazing. Read more »   Crazy "Birther" Conspiracy Theories Get Boost in Mainstream Media By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America The movement is a sinister attempt to paint Obama as illegitimate, foreign, and suspect. Why are pundits like Lou Dobbs taking it seriously? Read more »   Birther Whack Jobs: Citizens of Idiot America By Dan Kennedy, Comment Is Free Join MoveOn's fight take on Lou Dobbs and put this paranoid and racist movement to an end. Read more »

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