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Why Does the World's Most Popular TV Show Feature a Misanthrope Who Gets Away with Everything? By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet The TV drama 'House' features a painkiller-addicted loner who offers the fantasy to cure, or at least soothe, the various ills du jour that ail us. Read more » White House Scorecard for 2009: Why Obama Gets at Best a 'C" Grade By Brad Reed, Commonweal Institute Merely being better than Bush is not how you get a good grade. more » Why Just About Everything You Hear About California's Water Crisis Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong By Yasha Levine, AlterNet The media and the governor are warning of the "worst drought in history" in California We're being lied to. more » You Know You're a Conservative When... By Ken Kupchik, Air America 10 quick questions to tell if you're a 21st Century right-winger. more » Not Only Is Profiling for Terrorism Racist, It's Tremendously Ineffective Think Progress Instead of succumbing to the right-wing drum beat of calls for profiling Muslims, we should adopt a more rational approach to profiling for terrorism based on behavior. more » Geithner and the AIG Emails: Scandal Is Only Tip of the Iceberg By Eliot Spitzer, William K. Black, Frank Partnoy, NewDeal 2.0 Now we learn that Geithner told AIG to withhold details from the public about the billions it handed to banks during the crisis. more » How to Avoid Another Waco: Keeping the Peace in 10-Year Standoff with Armed Family Compound By Larry Keller, SPLC Intelligence Report John Joe Gray has been in a standoff for 10 years, raising the question of when it's worth risking bloodshed to enforce the law. more » 9 Hours of Sex? 5 Things You Can Do to Burn Off Gross Fast Food Meals By Katherine Butler, EcoSalon Here are some creative ways to burn off the bad stuff. more » PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web The Trials of Growing Up as a Young Woman in America By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet A new documentary follows four girls as they grapple with body image issues, unhealthy and confusing media images and the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. more » "Hundreds of Millions" of Islamic Terrorists? They Must be Pretty Incompetent By Joshua Holland, AlterNet At the terror thing, you know? more » "An Absolute Bargain": Blackwater Settles Massacre Lawsuit by Paying Families of Dead Iraqis $100,000 Each By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports Blackwater says it is "pleased" with the outcome. more » Why Do Women Have to Go to Clinics for Abortions? By Natasha Chart, Open Left Why can't women just get abortions in hospitals or at the regular clinics they go to so whackjob protestors don't have such an easy target? more »

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