The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
March 1, 2008 -- Volume 14, Number 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Joe Conason p. 1
McCain provokes paranoia on the right

EDITORIAL p. 2
The good fight

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Howl of the wolf; Kristol clear insights; Sanctioning corporate autocracy; Beware of corporate heroes; Dems suckered on waterboarding; Cashing in on America.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Fearless didn’t win many delegates

DISPATCHES p. 5
FBI sets up vigilante execs; Too much bipartisanship?; McCain’s flip-flops; Old is new ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Between ‘inspiration’ and health care
RANDY UDALL p. 6
Call the gas industry’s bluff
CHRIS FRASIER p. 6
Gas need not pass unused
GENE LYONS p. 7
Should we still be building an empire?
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Democrats’ class war
MIKE MADDEN p. 8
Requiem for a right-wing dream
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 9
Search for our better selves
S. ACUFF & S. FRIEDMAN p. 9
Restore freedom to form unions
JACK SHANAHAN p. 9
Congress not up to big decisions
LAURA FLANDERS p. 10
Change beyond the ballot
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 11
Shameful state of the union
CHARLES BELL p. 11
Flagging economy needs public investment

SHEILA KAPLAN p. 12
FEMA’s post-Katrina cancer-risk coverup
ROBERT REICH p. 12
Politics of an economic nightmare
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 13
Subprime color line
DEAN BAKER p. 13
These loans were made for walking
ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 14
Coal is fast becoming a clunker
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 14
History is elusive in media’s JFK?hype
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Voters energized, eager for real change
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Health-man to the rescue

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Pharmas need regulations

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 15
New Orleans persevers, still struggling
PHILIP CAFARO p. 16
Whatever about immigration, somebody suffers
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Forging a permanent presence in Iraq

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Erosion of privacy

JOHN BUELL p. 17
The lessons of capitalism

KENT PATERSON p. 17
Rural revolt against NAFTA sweeps Mexico

AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Myth-making and election-year narratives
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Both parties plunged into civil war
JOHN NICHOLS p. 18
Coulter’s crazy talk has self-serving motive
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
No debate
TED RALL p. 19
Integrity lite: puffing up John McCain
JON TALTON p. 20
What’s really wrong with newspapers
DAVE ZIRIN p. 20
We might be giants
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Sticking with the union

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Spike’s debut

JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Patriarchy fights back
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Millions without a voice
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Time to start over
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Primary election season we shan’t miss
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Bernanke goes along — again


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