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Why Are We So Blind to the True Horrors of War? By Chris Hedges, Truthdig If we really saw what war does to young minds and bodies, it would be harder to embrace the myths propagated by our warmongering government. Read more » How Main Street Got Shafted While Wall Street Bounced Back By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog Unless you work on Wall Street, you've probably had a hard year. Don't expect 2010 to be any better. more » Is Bono the Most Popular Man in the World? By Don Hazen, AlterNet What should we make of Bono, who uses his immense platform to highlight social justice issues? Is he a hero or a hypocrite? more » Conservative Activists Furious at GOP Consultants Hijacking Tea Party Name By Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online The Tea Party Express is trying to capitalize on the Tea Party movement for crass and self-serving political purposes -- mainly as a fundraising machine for Republican causes. more » Can Atheists Learn From Christianity? By Nathan Schneider, The Guardian Exhausted by capitalism and endless jingoistic violence, a few non-believing philosophers are turning to God. Sort of. more » Legal Abortion Is a Fundamental Right -- Why Do We Often Forget That? By Frances Kissling, The Women's Media Center It's time to demand that the promise of Roe becomes a reality for women whose choices are already limited by poverty, joblessness and marginalization. more » Calling Greedy Wall Street Bankers Fat Cats Is an Insult to Cats By Sarah Anderson, MinuteMan Media My cat is on the pudgy side, but she is nothing like our titans of finance. Let's stop maligning our feline friends by comparing them to greedy, evil Wall Street execs. more » 6 Ways to Keep Your Kids From Getting Fat By Peter N. Nelson, The Faster Times Bad eating habits are learned young. If you really want to protect your kids, implement the following changes. more » PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web Dogs Have Bigger Carbon Footprint Than SUVs? By Tara Lohan, AlterNet Researchers advocate swapping household pets like cats and dogs for edible 'pets' like chickens or rabbits. more » Happy New Year, Unless You're Fat: Social Networking Site Kicks Out 5,000 Members For Holiday Weight Gain By Liliana Segura, AlterNet "As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but ... our members demand the high standard of beauty be upheld," says the founder of BeautifulPeople.com. more » As Afghan War Escalates, Military Expert Predicts 300-500 U.S. Troops To Be Killed or Wounded Per Month By Zaid Jilani, Think Progress Retired General Barry McCaffrey: "That's what we probably should expect. And that's light casualties." more » Brit Hume to Tiger Woods: "Turn to the Christian Faith and You Can Make a Full Recovery" By Staff, AlterNet "He is said to be a Buddhist," Hume said on Fox News Sunday. "I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith." more »

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