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Sex Addiction: Science or B.S.? | HIV: Still Not Just a "Gay Thing" | No More Big, Fat Weddings?

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December 21st, 2008
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Does the Sinking Economy Spell the Doom of Big, Fat Weddings?  

Does the Sinking Economy Spell the Doom of Big, Fat Weddings?
By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee
The average U.S. wedding costs $30,000 -- in today's economic climate, eloping is looking better and better. Read more »

Does Sex Addiction Have Any Basis in Science?  

Does Sex Addiction Have Any Basis in Science?

The evidence is not compelling. And it should be remembered that science is often hijacked to legitimize social control. Read more »

Study: U.S. Media Keep People Uneducated About Health Issues  

Study: U.S. Media Keep People Uneducated About Health Issues

Less than 4 percent of news is health-related. And shoddy reporting on sexual health may be doing more harm than good. Read more »

HIV: Still Not Just a  

HIV: Still Not Just a "Gay Thing"

What does it take to kill a right-wing myth? Garlic, sunshine, wooden stakes, silver bullets? Read more »

Why Is Everyone So Obsessed With Women's Virginity?  

Why Is Everyone So Obsessed With Women's Virginity?

The hymen is useless, vestigial tissue. Yet this little piece of membrane has taken on huge societal, religious and moral significance. Read more »

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Prudish NYT Columnist Condemns 'Hooking-Up'  

Prudish NYT Columnist Condemns 'Hooking-Up'

Charles Blow has discovered 'the demise of dating' -- and he is not happy about it. Read more »

 

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Newspaper Industry Demise | Twittering the Greek Riots | Sexist Ad Trends

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December 19th, 2008
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Kids Learn That Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal New Theme Park  

Kids Learn That Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal New Theme Park
By Penny Coleman, AlterNet
The Army's new recruitment tool lets high-tech video game centers desensitize, condition, train and even enlist America's youth. Read more »

The Newspaper Industry Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes  

The Newspaper Industry Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes

Newspaper management is hastening the industry's demise by chasing away talented journalists. Read more »

Letter From Athens: Greek Riots and the News Media in the Age of Twitter  

Letter From Athens: Greek Riots and the News Media in the Age of Twitter

The protests and riots in Greece were organized by young people, who text-messaged each other and used social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Read more »

Study: U.S. Media Keep People Uneducated About Health Issues  

Study: U.S. Media Keep People Uneducated About Health Issues

Less than 4 percent of news is health-related. And shoddy reporting on sexual health may be doing more harm than good. Read more »

Bondage, Cum Shots, Violence -- Sexist Ad Trends That Refuse to Die  

Bondage, Cum Shots, Violence -- Sexist Ad Trends That Refuse to Die

The advertising world continues to use stereotypes and violence to prey on our most vile desires. Read more »

Bush Tries to Whitewash History; Portrays Himself as a Victim  

Bush Tries to Whitewash History; Portrays Himself as a Victim

Even after all this time, Bush views the Iraq War with regret not over anything he did, but rather, over something that was done to him. Read more »

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Fox Gives Racist, Out of Control Cop His Own TV Show  

Fox Gives Racist, Out of Control Cop His Own TV Show

"Smile, You're Under Arrest" -- that's the name of a new reality TV show starring none other than Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Read more »

Rachel Maddow Mocks Bush for His Taliban Lie  

Rachel Maddow Mocks Bush for His Taliban Lie

"Why is that ringing the big 'YOU'RE TELLING A LIE' bell in my head?" Read more »

Rick Warren, Obama's Invocation Choice, Causing Real Rift With Progressives  

Rick Warren, Obama's Invocation Choice, Causing Real Rift With Progressives

The press may now have its conflict moment. And it comes in the form of the spiritual leader chosen to launch Obama's inauguration. Read more »

 

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Blagojevich Finally Speaks: 'I Will Fight, I Will Fight, I Will Fight Until I Take My Last Breath'  

Blagojevich Finally Speaks: 'I Will Fight, I Will Fight, I Will Fight Until I Take My Last Breath'

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Bush Bails Out the Auto Industry, Screws the American Worker  

Bush Bails Out the Auto Industry, Screws the American Worker

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A Rundown of Bush's Terrible Last Minute Regulations  

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Appalling: The Untold Story of Hurricane Katrina's Violent Race War  

Appalling: The Untold Story of Hurricane Katrina's Violent Race War

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Darth Cheney Wants to Ruin History  

Darth Cheney Wants to Ruin History

Somebody needs to serve a subpoena on the 'fourth branch' in a hurry. Read more »

Al Franken Projected to Win Minnesota's Senate Seat  

Al Franken Projected to Win Minnesota's Senate Seat

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Rachel Maddow Weighs in, Calls Rick Warren Obama's 'First Big Mistake'  

Rachel Maddow Weighs in, Calls Rick Warren Obama's 'First Big Mistake'

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Minority Voters Helped Defeat Parental Notification Law  

Minority Voters Helped Defeat Parental Notification Law

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Caroline Kennedy's Voting Record  

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Republican Purgatory: How Long Will It Last?  

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