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Atheism in the US. The last big taboo. FT, Julian Maggiani

Posted by Alexander Harper, Friday, February 3, 2012

Truthdig – The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

One Town’s War on Gay Teens | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

Crossing the Rubicon: Obama’s Endless Global Warfare

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

Truthdig – Focus on Iran and China Could Hasten American Decline

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

Six Films on the Financial Crisis – Bill Moyers

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

Truthdig – Dispatches From Cairo: Revolution One Year Later

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

The Christian right, alive and powerful – AlterNet – Salon.com

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

In the Assange Case We Are All Suspects Now

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"Mitt Romney has said that his comments about not caring about the very poor were taken out of context. But the more context you give them, the worse it gets" (Krugman); "At a time when political leaders never admit fault and rarely accept responsibility, Komen did both, and that's worth celebrating" (Rosenthal); "The viral phenomenon of 'Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus' and the debate that it prompted have a fogy offering advice on how to beat the fogies" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012

NYT (3): National News

In wake of growing outrage, Komen Foundation reverses itself, restores funding to Planned Parenthood; Why is SEC still giving banks a pass?; Senate overwhelmingly passes ethics bill re insider trading.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012

NYT (3): Foreign Affairs

Deaths at Egyptian soccer game spill over into continued protests and violence in the streets; U.N. Sec'y Gen'l not exactly welcome in Gaza; Apparent Iranian effort to "rebrand" Arab Spring backfires.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012

RELIGION-The number one cause of blindness in the world

Posted by Michael Hamilton, Friday, February 3, 2012

Dangerous

Posted by Michael Hamilton, Friday, February 3, 2012

A good place to find some truth

Posted by Michael Hamilton, Friday, February 3, 2012

Pro-Romney PAC surges with $30M – mostly from investors

Posted by Michael Hamilton, Friday, February 3, 2012

TRUTH

Posted by Michael Hamilton, Friday, February 3, 2012

“Gasland” Director Josh Fox on Democracy Now – Part 1


Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, February 3, 2012

“Gasland” Director Josh Fox on Democracy Now – Part 2


Josh Fox: Obama’s Support for Natural Gas Drilling "A Painful Moment" for Communities Exposed to Fracking
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, February 3, 2012

Spain’s new conservative leaders make rapid push to overturn liberal laws

Posted by Harry Sifton, Thursday, February 2, 2012

Deja Vu in France – a tale of two Mitterands – FT, Philip Stephens.

Posted by Alexander Harper, Thursday, February 2, 2012

FOCUS | Washington Is Rigged – Elizabeth Warren

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Hidden Costs of Energy

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 2, 2012

Pentagon Unable to Account for Missing Iraqi Millions

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 2, 2012

Pakistan’s security state: Reading the Taliban | The Economist

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 2, 2012