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COVER/Jim Cullen p. 1
The war at home
EDITORIAL p. 2
It’s showtime, Democrats
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
‘Burden’ on corporate crooks; Bush boom; Softening words of war; Trip inside Bush’s head; Clueless war leaders; Exporting patients.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Rein in the big hogs
DISPATCHES p. 5
Social Security privatized GOP; Realignment; Bush’s toxic touch; Unsung heroes; Success has 100 fathers; Jackass; Prog Dems beat DCCC, GOP; Not quite revolution; Uneasy majority; Air America ad blackout; Exec privileges live ...
PATTI LYNN p. 6
Water—not as available as you think
DEBRA ESCHMEYER p. 6
Our food supply falling under monopoly
LAURA PASKUS p. 6
Harvest cornucopia hangs on in New Mexico
GENE LYONS p. 7
Who lost Iraq? Neocons blame Bush
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Beware the centrist Democrat
BOB BOROSAGE p. 8
Populist anti-war mandate
DAVID CORN p. 9
Democratic to-do list
ISAIAH POOLE p. 9
Populist polls
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Pelosi must ponder impeachment
JOHN BUELL p. 10
Protect democracy in lame-duck Congress
ROBERT JENSEN p. 11
The coming train wreck
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Budget scare stories
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Fall of the House of Kitsch
JOE CONASON p. 13
Howard Dean, vindicated
JOYCE MARCEL p. 13
Election night diary
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
How green was my election?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
More of the same? Not this Congress
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 14
Living in denial
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Scroogian tale of BiDil
JAMES McC. YEAGER p. 15
Cheney riding for a fall?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Waist-deep in Big Oily
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Words matter
STEVEN HILL & ROBERT RICHIE p. 16
Pro-democracy agenda for new Congress
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Dialogue vital in East Asian nuke gamble
MARK ENGLER p. 17
Calling bad business good
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
It’s not Bush’s world after all
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Now may we talk about something serious?
NATHAN NEWMAN p. 18
Victory for progressive values
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Big business makes up its own rules
TED RALL p. 19
Our national nightmare has just begun
BOOKS/Jim Cullen p. 20
Book talk fills weekend before election
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 21
Living on hope
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 21
‘Investigative satire’ antidote to Bush & Co.
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 21
Debate can’t hurt church
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 21
Big tent Dems
MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Post-election etiquette; Good riddance; Keeping eyes on the ball.
DONALD KAUL p. 23
That was fun. Now what do we do?
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