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Attacking Alzheimer's with Red Wine and Marijuana By Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com Two new studies point to a wonderful way to ward off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related memory loss. Read more »   5 Disastrous Decisions That Got Us into This Economic Mess By Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair We are at a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future economic policy is a debate over history -- here are the major mistakes that got us here. Read more »   The Best and the Brightest Have Led America Off a Cliff By Chris Hedges, Truthdig Don't expect the so-called experts to fix it either. They can't. They are loyal to the decaying political and financial systems that empowered them. Read more »   How Rahm Emanuel Made Mega-Millions and Bought His Way to Power By Ben Protess, ProPublica New details emerge of Emanuel's days as an investment banker. Read more »   It's All God -- Amen, Om, Whatever By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet Eliezer Sobel bowed, chanted, nude wrestled, meditated, and overdosed on 'shrooms in a 40-year search to find God. But he still feels empty inside. Read more »   The Most Outrageous Media Comments of 2008 By Julie Millican, Media Matters for America The list of offenses to women, minorities, gays and lesbians, immigrants, and others in 2008 is a long one, but here are some of the standouts. Read more »   Michael Moore: Save the Auto Industry and Kick Its CEOs to the Curb By Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com These auto execs don't deserve a dime. Fire all of them, and take over the industry for the good of the workers, the country and the planet. Read more »   10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy By Jen Angel, YES! Magazine Daily habits can affect our well-being. Here are 10 simple actions that research has shown makes people feel good. Read more »   Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine Got Shot Down in Canada By Kim Elliott, Rabble Canada's Bush-imitating prime minister gets a political smackdown for trying to ram through radical policies. Read more »   Life After the Economic Collapse: How Having Less Will Make Us Happier By Sarah van Gelder, Doug Pibel, YES! Magazine Having big cars, fancy TVs and trendy clothes never made us happy. It only drove us into debt -- and increased our dependence on long work hours. Read more »

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