The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
July 1, 2006 -- Volume 12, Number 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Sirota p. 1
Big Sky populists show Dems the way
EDITORIAL p. 2
Give voters a reason

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
State secrets; Artful dodger strikes again; Alito shows his colors; Corporatizing the border; Attack by corporate foxes; How strange is Rick Santorum?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Never give a gorilla an even break

DISPATCHES p. 5
Election still stolen; Rove not cleared; E-vote puts 27 states at risk; Social Security privatizers lurk; House sells out ’Net ...

ARDEN TEWKSBURY p. 6
Low price bankrupts dairy farmers
THOMAS D. ROWLEY p. 6
Rural health care at risk again
GARY WOCKNER p. 6
Fencing off Mexico is ecological blunder
GENE LYONS p. 7
Lost in translation
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
‘Not in our stars, but in ourselves’

MARKOS MOULITSAS ZÚNIGA p. 8
Libertarian Democrat
ROBERT PARRY p. 8
Why Democrats lose
FRANK O’DONNELL p. 9
No new refineries
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 9
The urbanity of evil
GREG PALAST p. 10
The Zarqawi invitation
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
GOP in ’06: we’ve heard this song before
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
Mistaken priorities

DAVID MOON p. 11
Consensus requires fair representation
TIM GRIEVE p. 11
DeLay’s lesson for Democrats
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
George Bush Sr. sought to oust Rumsfeld
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
Attention and release
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Poor get cuts as rich get tax cuts
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Congrats to graduates! Don’t get sick!

SAM URETSKY p. 15
News flash: tax cuts cost money
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 15
Lesson from north: fix health care
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Dissent on ‘underage drinking crisis’

HOPE BASTIAN p. 16
Immigration spurs corporate profits
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Nightmare on Pennsylvania Ave
KENT PATERSON p. 17
Mexico’s tumultuous campaign climaxes

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez p. 18
Only humans have human rights
MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN p. 18
When mom dies
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Red flags fly from Berlin to W. Bengal
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Gospel according to the Dixie Chicks
TED RALL p. 19
How did you vote on the war, Daddy?
HAL CROWTHER p. 20
Sympathy for the devil?
BOOK/Roger Bybee p. 21
‘Fight Club Politics’ pulls punches on GOP

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
‘Big Love’ big bang
MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Flag burning and other dubious epidemics; Takeover is complete; About face on Iran.
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Praiseworthy prosecutors, crooked Congress
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 21
America’s workers become more productive

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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