The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
September 15, 2006 -- Volume 12, Number 16
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Randy Stapilus p. 1
New populism in the Northwest

EDITORIAL p. 2
Five years of failure; Washout

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Congressional priorities; Crude oil; Price of conglomerate journalism; Ban sweatshop labor; US builds palace in Iraq; Bad bosses.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Big box meat no bargain

DISPATCHES p. 5
Campaign update; Dems seize on Social Security privatizers; Bush tries, fails to tell truth; Brits rap FBI terror probe leaks; IRS privatizes tax collection ...

BERNIE HORN p. 6
Universal solutions
JIM SCHARPLAZ p. 6
Take the off ramp
ROSEMARY BILCHAK p. 6
How we lost our ranch to gas drilling
GENE LYONS p. 7
Bush administration’s insanity continues
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Media abets betrayal of public trust

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 8
What’s wrong with the Democrats?

MARK WEISBROT p. 9
Lieberman’s defeat threatens pro-war libs
J. HUEZO & E. CERVANTES p. 9
Extra tax on immigrants
JORGE MURSULI p. 9
Immigrants essential to the economy
ANDREW GREELEY p. 10
Arrogance, ignorance invite disaster
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Dick Cheney is beyond chutzpah
R. O’DONNELL & U. AHMED p. 10
America and Mexico: electoral outliers
GENE C. GERARD p. 11
Failing soldiers at home, too
VICTORIA SAMSON p. 11
North Korea helps US waste missile money
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Look to Minnesota on election reform
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Israel’s debacle, courtesy of Bush
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 12
Just how low can Dick Cheney go?
GREG PALAST p. 13
Who’s afraid of Osama Wolf?
GLENN GREENWALD p. 13
Bush doctrine under surveillance
EARTH TALK p. 14
Global warming in North America

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber p. 14
‘Poison pill’ blocks minimum wage bill
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Running on false fear
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Nursing home blame-game

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Ignorance of the law is current policy

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 16
Democrats’ debate goes too far
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Our cars, ourselves

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Securing Social Security

MARK ENGLER p. 17
WTO: Best left for dead?
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
India goes against global trend
AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez p. 18
Birth is a ceremony
MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN p. 18
Activism, Inc.
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
In praise of stupid emperors
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
J.K. Galbraith: The political economist
TED RALL p. 19
Send Hezbollah to New Orleans
JON MARGOLIS p. 20
Why did Gale Norton leave Interior?
BARRY G. PARSONS p. 20
Hopes buried with landfill rejection

JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Love the other as yourself
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Revolutionary mix ’06

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Christian right is wrong

POET/Michael Silverstein p. 21
Homeland security
MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Pols who cried wolf; Indiana is for terrorists?
Dr. FRANCESCA GRIFO p. 22
Leave science to scientists at FDA
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Analysts spin yarns on Joe; 4 penguins die


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