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COVER/Laura Miller p. 1
Criminals of the world unite, and take over
EDITORIAL p. 2
Gas pains; Too much truth
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Special break for corporate criminals; Corporate McCain; Fencing off democracy; Authorizing torture; Bush’s ‘Strategic Victory’; Al needs a job.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
It ain’t over ’til we say so
DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Straight Talker’ mum on family ties; McCain ‘working-class’ tax cuts help rich ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
McCainomics: Please pass Dramamine
SCOTT BONTZ p. 6
Averting mutually assured convection
LINDA M. HASSELSTROM p. 6
Making the world better one loaf at a time
GENE LYONS p. 7
Obama’s elitist gift to McCain
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Ludlow legacy with Colombia
S. ANDERSON & M. PEREZ ROCHA p. 7
We need new NAFTA
ROBERT REICH p. 9
Obama, bitterness, meet press, old politics
HOLLY SKLAR p. 9
Gifts for the rich
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Reality: US jobs shipped offshore
MIKE MADDEN p. 10
Bitter as Hell in Pennsylvania
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Hillary Clinton does John McCain’s job
JOE CONASON p. 11
Obama, get ready for ‘Clinton rules’
ART CULLEN p. 11
‘Elitist’ tells the truth
THOMAS PALLEY p. 11
Demythologizing central bankers
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Madness: A nation of pistols and Prozac
ANDREW LEONARD p. 13
Decline and fall of US empire of debt
MARGIE BURNS p. 14
Daniel Pearl, caught between two wars
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 14
Greedy capitalists show no shame
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
As food costs soar, US step up to plate
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Legislative base hits
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Transparency threatens drug profits
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 15
Media ballad of Gen. Petraeus
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
A tale of two banks
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
The nuclear option
DEAN BAKER p. 16
Sanctity of contracts: Mortgages, credit cards
STEPHEN MARKLEY p. 17
‘Stop-Loss’ continues losing streak for Iraq films
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Price of a Mexican, 2008
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
My escape from the Titanic
Rev. DON ROLLINS p. 18
Mental health month: Better late than never
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
IMF: Times they are a-changin’
TED RALL p. 19
Rise of John McCain
HEATHER HAVRILESKY p. 20
How I learned to stop worrying and love the recession
ROSIE SORENSON p. 20
Dear Mr. N.S.A.
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Justice Department does right radio thing
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Shedding light on Olympic torch
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Suffering succotash
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Torture debate among healers
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Those Delta blues
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Having war in Iraq both ways
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Enter the vulture
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