Krugman: A Party of Fools | Bottled Water Is a Ripoff | Media Ignores McCain's Alleged Affairs

Big Business Is Making Sure It Wins the Presidency By Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com It's the same old story: Money talks, and bullshit walks. And don't be surprised if we're the ones still walking after November. Read more »   Media Salivate Over Edwards' Affair; Shrug Shoulders Over McCain's Alleged Infidelity By Digby, Hullabaloo "I realize that everybody gets excited about sex scandals. It's human nature. " Read more »   7 Reasons Parents Should Not Test Kids for Drug Use By Lindsay Lyon, U.S. News & World Report Why experts say drug testing should be left to the professionals. Read more »   Krugman: GOP Is the Party for Fools By Paul Krugman, The New York Times Partisan politics are unlikely to end any time soon -- not as long as the GOP believes that when it comes to politics, idiocy is the best policy. Read more »   Why Every Politician Should Go See "Swing Vote" By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post "Swing Vote" offers a cynical and entirely apt commentary on the sad reality of real-life politics. Read more »   Bottled Water: The Height of Stupidity By Diane Francis, Huffington Post Bottled water is a joke, one of the biggest consumer and taxpayer ripoffs ever. Read more »   The Rise of Arranged Marriage in America By Amy Williams, Amy DePaul, AlterNet Advocates of assisted marriage say it maintains tradition. Critics point to gender inequities and an unhealthy preoccupation with ethnic purity. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     The Wrongful Imprisonment of an Activist Indian Filmmaker By ZP Heller, Brave New Films How Indian police robbed Ajay TG of his civil liberties. Read more »   The Right Way to Report Voter Fraud By Erin Ferns, Nathan Henderson-James, Project Vote Behind accusations of voter fraud are efforts to stop underserved minorities and young people from voting. Read more »   KBR/Haliburton Worker Raped, Locked in Shipping Container By Cara, Feministe "It shows that when it comes to rape cover up, KBR knows what the hell it's doing, and knows that no one will even bother trying to stop them." Read more »

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