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COVER/Mark Gilbert p. 1
The great credit bubble
EDITORIAL p. 2
Euphoria not enough; Health: Close the deal
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Six things to do in 2010; Counterfeit conservatives; New name for Iraq occupation; Poisonous cloud of corporate immorality; Chuck in the bottle
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Aughts fraught
DISPATCHES p. 5
Congress ranked on progressive votes; Former Bush aides scared to credit Obama; GOP vulnerable too; Obama plans bank ‘fee’; Bipartisan budget dream; Grumps are more alert ...
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
New year looks a lot like old year
JIM VAN DER POL p. 6
Food and health
IVAN GAMBLE p. 6
Navajo nation signals it’s ready for reform
GENE LYONS p. 7
Terrorized by the media
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Learn from the last decade
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Much good from Obama’s first year
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Wall Street’s war against Main Street
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
Bipartisan blight
FROMA HARROP p. 9
Dems should stay cool over midterms
ROBERT REICH p. 9
What’s ahead: Will we create jobs?
ART CULLEN p. 9
Nelson wins, Grassley loses
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
‘Shadow Elite’ shows why D.C. no longer works
BOB BURNETT p. 10
CEO Obama
JOE CONASON p. 11
Dodd’s heir is Leiberman’s nightmare
JOHN BUELL p. 11
Best bipartisanship: Reform Fed
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
The Clintonites were wrong
GREG PALAST p. 13
Supreme Court to OK Qaeda donation for Palin?
HOLLY SKLAR p. 13
Wall Street Scroogism wrecking America
CARL POPE p. 14
Climate change endangers public health
ANDREW LEONARD p. 14
Chris Dodd’s big chance to lead
A. SCHENDLER & M. TREXLER p. 14
Push the panic button
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Parents need to be lobbyists
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Filibuster no laughing matter
JESSE JACKSON p. 15
Can’t treat jobs as ‘lagging indicator’
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Hollow reform
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Sunshine on the markets
DONALD ROLLINS p. 16
Ecumenical realities
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Flares in the political dark
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Corporate land grabs make more homeless
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Michelle Obama should wear American
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Decade of fraud, fear, permanent war
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Acting responsible
TED RALL p. 19
Since 9/11, we’ve embraced our inner coward
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Dodd, Dorgan set to depart
STEVE EARLY p. 20
Green Mountain musters for war
NATE PEDERSEN p. 20
Working Families Party progresses in Conn.
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
‘Mad Men’ and the rise of corporate marketing
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Faculty protests coach’s raise
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Texas tracks
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Sick with terror
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
God changes with the weather
DONALD KAUL p. 23
No happily ever after: Taking stock of ’09
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Option withers like a rose
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