The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
April 15, 2005 -- Volume 11, Number 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Robert Bryce
Running on empty

EDITORIAL
Grotesque health care

JIM HIGHTOWER
How Bushites back troops; Tragedy of Bush syndrome; Senators step on workers; Corporate welfare gone bad; Greedy telecom giants; Act now, without DeLay

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Energy is more than oil

DISPATCHES
More bankruptcy hardball in the House ...

THOMAS D. ROWLEY
Rescuing rural retail

JIM SCHARPLAZ
Biting the land that feeds us

DAN NAGENGAST
The unthinkable business model

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Workin’ on the railroad

GENE LYONS
Color commentary

KEVIN B. ZEESE
Iraq, US worse off after two years

GREG PALAST
Bush, oil execs planned Iraq oil grab

PETER PHILLIPS
Still afraid to scrutinize 9/11

PAUL WALDMAN
Washington’s 2-headed pig

HEATHER BOUSHEY
Elephant in the parlor: health care

NATHAN NEWMAN
Chile’s ‘private’ pensions and Social Security

CHRISTINA KASICA
Social Security comfort runs deep

JOHN BUELL
Lessons from across the pond

DEXTER J. KAMILEWICZ
How dare some say ‘Support our troops?’

WAYNE O’LEARY
Ending tyranny and all that

LEE DRUTMAN & CHARLIE CRAY
Citizens need to get back into the game

SATIRE/Joyce McGreevy
Uncle Sam’s extreme makeover

MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little
No place is off limits to oil drillers

REV. ALLEN BRILL
Volunteer for the culture wars

JESSE JACKSON
Bush sets US up for financial fall

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Cowboy medicine

SAM URETSKY
Compassion towards rich

DAVE ZWEIFEL
Bankruptcy bill is Congress’ shame

ROB RICHIE & STEVEN HILL
How Dems can win again in the South

JOEL D. JOSEPH
Chevrolet’s ‘Revolution’ is revolting

MARK WEISBROT
In Haiti, hunger is real and ignored

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Washington establishment fails Logic 101

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
San Ce Tojuan — We Are One

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Three-card monte, one-party state

SAM SMITH
What if things are getting better?

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Gov. Arnold sticks to corporate script

TED RALL
Death by consumption

MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN
Internal axis of evil

MELANIE SLOAN
Forked-tongue awards

ART CULLEN
Blubbering on

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Making peace with war in Iraq

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Bushwomen

POET/Michael Silverstein
The debtor’s song

MOLLY IVINS
Stench of rotting ethics; Calling all conservatives; Move up Armageddon

DONALD KAUL
No honesty, please


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