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Juicy and Tender, Seitan Is Quite Possibly the Best Fake Meat -- But There Is a Downside By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet It's all the rage in vegan kitchens for its versatility and uncanny meatishness -- a fantastic food unless you're one of the millions who can't eat gluten. Read more » The Best Chance Yet for Legalizing Marijuana By Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet Tax Cannabis 2010 faces hurdles as it prepares for its test on the California ballot next November. more » US Is Increasing Its Hegemony As the "Global War Gladiator" Under Obama By Tom Engelhardt, Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com What to watch for in 2010 from the country that spends more on war than the next 25 combined. more » The Fast Food Industry's 7 Most Heinous Concoctions By Brad Reed, AlterNet One of AlterNet's most popular articles of 2009: Some of America's favorite chains offer some thoroughly repellent dishes. more » Right-Wing 'Experts' Justify Profiling, Body Scanners with Familiar Paranoid Rhetoric By Gavin Dahl, Raw Story A retired general makes egregious claims that that "in the next 30-100 days," there is "very high probability a US airliner will come down." more » Senate's Proposed Health Care Tax Isn't Aimed at the Rich, It's Aimed at You By Bob Herbert, The New York Times There is a middle-class tax time bomb ticking in the Senate's version of President Obama's effort to reform health care. more » US More Vulnerable on Afghanistan as It Leans Harder on NATO Allies for Support By Tom Hayden, TomHayden.com Democracy and domestic priorities will be the casualties in the United States, Canada and Europe if the US-NATO military expansion into Afghanistan holds sway. more » CA Politicians Are Relying on County Parties to Funnel Money, Avoid Campaign Limits By Chase Davis, Center for Investigative Reporting By using county parties as middlemen both Democrat and Republican donors can contribute far more money than the law typically allows. more » PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web Orrin Hatch's $50 Million Sex Boondoggle By Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com When will they stop pushing this stupidity? more » Won't Somebody Please Think of the Bankers? By Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog Their plight hurts all of us. more »

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