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Sparing Obama Criticism Isn't Doing Him (or Us) Any Favors By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com Obama is about to enter a hornet's nest of entrenched interests and ideology. Electing him was the easy part. Now the real work begins. Read more »   Overworked, Vacation-Starved America Ranks #1 in Depression, Mental Health Problems By Silja J.A. Talvi, In These Times U.S. workers' lives are beginning to look a lot like they did 100 years ago when 14-hour days were the norm. Read more »   How to End the Recession By Robert Pollin, The Nation A large-scale stimulus program is the only action that can possibly do the job. Read more »   Will the Republican Party Ever Change? By Robert Parry, Consortium News Transforming modern Republicanism into something less partisan might be like teaching a boa constrictor which fork to use at dinner. Read more »   Where Should Health Care Rank on Obama's List of Priorities? By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat If health care reform is done in a way that contains costs and lifts quality, it will take time and serious seed money. Read more »   President Obama's Big Climate Challenge By Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360 The bills are coming due. And not just from a failed Bush presidency, but from 200 years of burning fossil fuel. Read more »   Does Overexposure to Sex Make Us Jaded? By Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog No. It rids us of our puritanical discomfort with healthy expressions of sexuality. Read more »   Obama Wants Lieberman to Stay ... But at What Cost? By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake It's one thing for Obama to forgive Lieberman for his attacks; it's quite another to offer his Homeland Security chairmanship as an olive branch. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Sarah Palin Just Can't Stop Attacking Obama By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly I'm curious if Palin can hear the words coming out of her mouth while she's speaking. Read more »   Faux New York Times Issue Inspires Hope, Declares Iraq War Over By Justin Krebs, Open Left Unlike the Onion which pokes at the truth with absurd headlines, this clever parody wasn't so far-fetched. Read more »   Busted: AIG Caught Living High on the Hog with Taxpayers' Money (Again) By Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AIG CEO Edward Liddy should be in jail. Read more »   'Center-Right' Is Wrong: Mitt Romney Gives Obama Terrible Advice By Digby, Hullabaloo This country is not center-right. Read more »

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