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If Obama Is Pro-Science and Honest, He'll Put the Kibosh on the Drug War By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet Obama was frank about his own drug use, so why isn't he more honest about what a disaster war on drugs has been? Read more »   The 10 Greediest People of 2008 By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality For obvious reasons, we probably couldn't have picked a better year than 2008 to "honor" our most avaricious. Read more »   Rove's IT Guru Warned of Sabotage Before Fatal Plane Crash; Was Set to Testify By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Mike Connell, the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove, reportedly asked for protective custody from the government before he died. Read more »   Does Sex Addiction Have Any Basis in Science? By Cristian Bodo, American Sexuality Magazine The evidence is not compelling, and science has often been hijacked to legitimize social control. Read more »   Breaking the Consumption Addiction: Can You Be Clever? By Gwen Schantz, AlterNet Forced to pinch pennies, Americans are finding clever ways to cut back. A break in the consumption cycle may be a good thing in the long run. Read more »   Krugman: We're in for a Year of 'Economic Hell' By Paul Krugman, The New York Times Whatever the new administration does, we're in for months, perhaps even a year, of economic hell. After that, things should get better. Read more »   It's Official: We're Just a Few Years from Peak Oil By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com Until this year's report, the International Energy Agency mocked people who said that oil supplies might peak. Now they've changed their tune. Read more »   Seven Things I Learned from Pop Culture in 2008 By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee Politics is hotter than porn, pretending to be dead is a good career move, and more. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Dick Cheney Calls 9/11 the "Highest Moment" of the Last Eight Years By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly "[I]t tells you something about the darkness of Cheney's mind that this was the first thing to come to his mind when looking for bright spots ... " Read more »   Rick Warren's Church Removes Anti-Gay Statements from Web Site By Matt Corley, Think Progress Warren's Saddleback Church has taken down statements that said "someone unwilling to repent for their homosexual lifestyle" would not be accepted. Read more »   Target Women: A Few Takeaway Lessons from 2008 By Staff Put down that sandwich! Dance like no one is watching! And stop pretending you know where Paraguay is! Read more »

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