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More shocking than the Danish Muslim cartoon!

PEEK: Pat Robertson's 700 Club attempts to answer the question: 'Are God and Allah the same?'

Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon:
The Iran Crisis -- "Diplomacy" as Missile Launch Pad

The current flurry of Western diplomacy will probably turn out to be groundwork for launching missiles at Iran.

Molly Ivins
Molly Ivins:
Bush vs. Reality

A rebuttal to Bush's naive assertions that we're doing well in Iraq.

Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington:
It's the National Security, Stupid

What Dems need to be saying again and again: Iraq has made us less safe at home, and less able to handle crises worldwide.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Earl Ofari Hutchinson:
Much More Than King's Wife

The late Coretta King shared her husband's passion for justice, and worked tirelessly to improve America for all races.

Will Durst
Will Durst:
State of the Union Drinking Game

If George W. makes up a word like 'strategerie' or 'deteriorize,' drink four shots of beer.

Trial of the True Believers

Trial of the True Believers

Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet

The mindset that led Enron to defraud millions of people is the same that created the Bush administration's legal quagmires.

The Betrayal of Valerie Plame

Larry C. Johnson, AlterNet

A judge's rulings make it clear that Scooter Libby did lie to the grand jury, and that, yes, Valerie Plame was an undercover agent protected by federal law.

Cartoons and the Honor Wars

Jane Smiley, HuffingtonPost.com

Why Islamic rioters in the Middle East and Europe are like South Carolinians during the American Civil War.

Wearing War's Numbers

Cindy Sheehan, AlterNet

War on Iraq: As a former math teacher, I know that many people have an unreasonable fear of numbers, and the number of our war dead in Iraq is very fear-inducing.

Exporting Evangelism

Anoosh Jorjorian, AlterNet

As conservative Christianity spreads beyond U.S. borders, the views of the far right begin to influence politics in developing nations.

Betty Friedan, Mapmaker

Alida Brill, Women's Media Center

Friedan was a cartographer, mapping the undiscovered territories of women's lives.

Joshua Holland

Well, that settles that then …

Posted by Joshua Holland

Did you know: In 1776, President Washington authorized electronic surveillance on American citizens!

Rachel Neumann

2. 4. 6. 8. Who can we assassinate?

Posted by Rachel Neumann

It's not just spying on U.S. citizens without a warrant; the President actually thinks he has the authority to order assassinations.

Maria Luisa Tucker

Bono shames the Prez

Posted by Maria Luisa Tucker

A Muslim, a Jew and a rock star walk into a bar… I mean, the national prayer breakfast.

Jan Frel

Teen prison fiend is Libby's guardian angel

Posted by Jan Frel

Mel Sembler's name appears yet again.

Evan Derkacz

Updated: Illegal Spying Hearings

Posted by Evan Derkacz

'We used to quote Madison, Jefferson and Lincoln to decide what the principles of our Government are going to be. Now we quote Al Qaeda.'

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Podcast: The military's disturbing info-war plans, telecoms try to destroy the Internet, and CNN becomes more Fox-y every day, all on the latest Media Minutes. More »

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