We Can't Control The Monsters We Create

A moment of clarity from comedian Lee Camp, who takes on nuclear disaster, oil spills, Gaddafi, Beck and the Snuggly. In More.

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Donuts For God's Glory

Church-going Christians are 50% more likely to become obese than godless barbarians, says a new study . Even the apostles are eating more over the last thousand years. Notwithstanding the body as temple, one academic suggests churches are "a feeding ground for gluttony." Harsh.

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"Imagination At Work," Or Figuring Out How to Pay No Taxes On Obscene Profits

General Electric, the nation's largest corporation and maker of Japan's failed nuclear reactors , last year had profits of $14.2 billion. They paid no taxes - and claimed a $3.2 billion tax break thanks to fierce lobbying and what the Times calls "innovative accounting." And Obama just named its CEO his business liaison. An infuriating look at what's wrong with capitalism, and this weekend's US Uncut actions to protest it.

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