The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
January 1-15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Sirota p. 1
People vs. Money Party: the players

EDITORIAL p. 2
Get. Out. Now; Impeachment trap

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
War profiteers; Washington’s other war; Camp Wellstone winners; Inspiring power of kids; My gift for George W; Making an honest dip
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Every dog has its day

DISPATCHES p. 5
Congress ‘worse than do-nothing’; Oregon eyes health plan; Pinochet gave dictators bad name; Immigrants pay their way in Texas; McCain hires dirty trickster; Progs push Dem agenda ...

E.G. VALLIANATOS p. 6
Mexico is corn
GEORGE PYLE p. 6
Our perverse farm plan
CHARLES FINN p. 6
Watching a parliament of snowy owl
GENE LYONS p. 7
Boys will be boys
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Control weapons of mass consumption

ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
How Democrats go wrong
GREG PALAST p. 9
Baker boys stay half the course
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 10
Beating off the rescue party
BOB BURNETT p. 11
The politics of triage
JOHN BUELL p. 11
God’s legions march to many drummers

SPORTS/King Kaufman p. 11
Lords of baseball: ‘We need a salary cap!’
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
November: Hopes dashed, hopes kindled

JOE CONASON p. 13
The last neocon
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
Dems gear up for oversight
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 14
Obama happens: Cautionary tale for Hillarys
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Congress must insist Bush not above law
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Ignorance is bliss: Outmoded HIV strategy

HOLLY SKLAR p. 15
Minimum wage breaks no-raise record
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 15
Payday loans victimize the neediest
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 16
Christmas Carol for 2006
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Controlling the narrative

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
The Bush legacy

MARK ENGLER p. 17
Slowing the ‘free trade’ bulldozer
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Arrangement: US vs. people of color
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Meet Sen. Slither
JAMES McCARTY YEAGER p. 18
The madness of King George

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Challenging big boys on globalization
TED RALL p. 19
Get Iraq’s civil war over with
MEDIA MATTERS p. 20
What media didn’t tell you about Iraq
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 20
Media worship at altar of ‘free markets’
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
‘Studio 60’ hits its stride

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Godly hero

ANDREW LEONARD p. 21
Nobody expects the subprime inquisition
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
It’s bigotry that should be silenced; Beyond nine-second sound bite.
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Better get used to ‘earmarks’
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Iraq blaming


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