We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More...
More of us than ever are discontented and not experiencing optimum emotional well-being. Why is the vast enterprise of professional mental health unable to help us feel better?
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To outsiders there is little more fascinating about the Mormon religion than the secret underwear that Mormon temple initiates are expected to wear day and night.
View ArticleThe ‘Monsanto Rider’: Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity from...
The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to grant a permit for the planting or cultivation of a genetically engineered crop, regardless of environmental impact.
View ArticleHow Climate Change Is Worsened by Attacks on the Public Sector, Science and...
What's missing from today's discussions is not just the words "climate change," but the words "public sector."
View ArticleMike Burns: "It’s Very Frenchy": Fox Continues Mockery Of U.S. Olympic Team...
According to Fox's Kimberly Guilfoyle, the wearing of berets is "very Frenchy." Neither Guilfoyle nor any of her fellow The Five co-hosts indicated whether they think American military uniforms are...
View ArticleCapital One Forced To Pay $12 Million To Military Members Over Abusive...
Just a week after it was ordered to pay $165 million in refunds and penalties for wrongful credit card practices, Capital One reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over charges that it...
View ArticleNational Security Brief: Romney Tries To Patch Things Up With London
– Mitt Romney had a pretty rough day in London yesterday after criticizing the British for what he saw as their sub-par preparations for the Olympics. But Romney tried to make nice this morning in an...
View ArticleToward a rational debate over war and peace – Lean Forward
COMMENTARY UPDATE 5/29 9:00am: Hayes has apologized for the comments. Comments Sunday by Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's Up With Chris, about the use of the term "heroes" as applied to U.S.
View ArticleBlog Smith: Anita Moncref, ACORN Whistleblower
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View ArticleDid the Miami-Dade Democratic Party hire a GOP Rubio crony?
Who needs a Brooks Brothers riot when Miami Democrats are letting the fox in the hen house? (2000 GOP Brooks Brothers riot during presidential recount) See updating story . As a Democrat, a...
View ArticleBlog Smith: Re-formed ACORN Organizes Bank Protest
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View ArticleBaseless Deconstruction: How Your Dollars Became Ghost Towns in Iraq
Tom Engelhardt A war and occupation thousands of miles away that lasted seven years and involved more than 1.5 million Americans, military and civilian, has passed into the history books and yet we...
View ArticleAssange, Correa, and Anti-Colonialism
By Roger Burbach and Marc Becker, via New America Media, August 20, 2012 “How could they expect us to yield to their threats or cower before them? My friends, they don't know who they are dealing...
View ArticleDershowitz Misrepresents J Street, U.S. Military Views On Iran
Alan Dershowitz In a new Jerusalem Post column, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz declares that the progressive pro-Israel group J Street, by highlighting statements by Israeli defense officials...
View ArticleRomney Campaign Co-Chair Supports Iran War Authorization
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Mitt Romney campaign co-chair and former Wisconsin governor Tim Pawlenty told Foreign Policy Magazine that he would support Congress authorizing war with Iran....
View ArticleThe Political Awakening of Republican: ‘I Had Viewed Whole Swaths of the...
To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here. I used to be a serious Republican, moderate and business-oriented, who planned for a...
View ArticleLou Dobbs Forgets To Report CIA’s Denial That It Ordered Personnel To Abandon...
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs claimed that during the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, CIA operatives were ordered to stand down instead of aiding those under attack. But Dobbs...
View ArticleAdam Shah: Fox Analyst Praised Petraeus On The Air While Privately Relaying...
Fox News is deep in an ethics quagmire following a Washington Post report that the network's CEO Roger Ailes used Fox News analyst K.T. McFarland to try to recruit Gen.
View ArticleWhy The U.S. Military Is Pursuing Energy Efficiency, Renewables And Net-Zero...
The military has begun a transition to efficient and renewable energy. The Army is proceeding with its “ Net Zero Energy ” initiative, which means that they will aim to produce as much energy (and...
View ArticleIn The Wake Of Boston Marathon Attack, Fox Turned To Anti-Islam Commentators
Fox News hosted a series of discredited anti-Islam activists to smear Muslims during Fox's coverage of the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Frank Gaffney Frank Gaffney On Fox News: FBI...
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