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COVER/David Corn p. 1
State of the opposition
EDITORIAL p. 2
Truth makes us free
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Pinocchio speaks!; Spyin’ & lyin’; Bush’s ‘decent society’; Lobbyists reject restrictions; Firing wrong workers; Exxpose Exxon.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Ag lobbyists target activists
DISPATCHES p. 5
New Bush budget shafts guess-who?; Job figures fib; McCain blasts Obama ...
TOM UDALL p. 6
What peak oil means to every American
JANET KAUFFMAN p. 6
When night is no longer dark
KATHERINE OZER p. 6
Farms are hurting, not just from Katrina
GENE LYONS p. 7
Cinematic war on terror
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
A populist channels Jefferson
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
Bush’s show is over
BOB BURNETT p. 9
My president is an alien
CHIP PITTS p. 9
Nothing patriotc about PATRIOT Act
HEATHER HURLBURT p. 9
Bush over his head
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 10
Bush’s Brezhnev period
MOIRA MACK p. 10
Students and seniors last
MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN p. 11
These are not Zip codes
JOHN B. ANDERSON p. 11
Americans hold presidents accountable
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Ultimate guilt trip: Big boats, little boats
GENE C. GERARD p. 13
Tax breaks for the wealthy
MARK WEISBROT & DEAN BAKER p. 13
Taxing oil companies’ hot air
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
Performance anxiety
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
President Bush and Mrs. King
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
K Street blockbuster
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Profit-making bureacracies
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 15
Bush wrongheaded on health care
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Amoral corporations the real scandal
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Lessons from north of the border
CHRISTOPHER COOK p. 17
Democracy in 21st century may surprise
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 17
Deconstructing reconstructing Iraq
JAMES O. CASTAGNERA p. 17
Goodbye Kermit?
AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez p. 18
The eagle soars
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Bush: All wind, no power
JOHN NICHOLS p. 18
Granny D leads us on road to democracy
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Give reforms some teeth
TED RALL p. 19
Playing soldier
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 20
Domestic lying
NATHAN NEWMAN p. 20
PLAN for the states
CHRISTINE SMITH p. 20
Interview with Gore Vidal
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 21
Corruption, legal and illegal
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Hope in music
MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Bush vs. reality; Small things, grave consequences; Republican jokers.
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Our freedoms down the drain
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The wonderful cash poem
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