The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
June 15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 11
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Garrett Epps p. 1
Karl Rove’s big election fraud

EDITORIAL p. 2
No immigration fix; Fool’s bargain on trade

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Incredible shrinking Bush; Sweatshop lobby; Soft on bank robbery; Paula Deen, cooking for Smithfield; Why import so much food?; Chocolate mess.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Local governments sometimes figure it out

DISPATCHES p. 5
Trade deal runaround; Reid shortens recess; Supreme Court in ’08; Iraq funds al Qaeda?...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Health plan looks good
ROBERT ROWLEY p. 6
Asarco would go back to polluted past
DAVID MAS MASUMOTO p. 6
Day without farm workers
GENE LYONS p. 7
Some reject reality
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Bulldogs and lapdogs

GARRISON KEILLOR p. 8
US exults in spring, awaits worthy leader
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Immigrants as lawbreakers?

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber p. 9
Undocumented workers, organized labor
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 9
Mickey Mouse outrage at violence for kids
YOUNG CHOE p. 10
Democrats sing off-key on trade
THOMAS I. PALLEY p. 10
From quagmire to progressive victory
GLENN HUROWITZ p. 10
Trade and consequences
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Loser liberalism vs. power populism
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Britain’s Brown wise to lean left
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
All hail the king
ROGER BYBEE p. 13
Learn from HillaryCare’s flaws

BOB BURNETT p. 13
Reconsidering impeachment
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
The greening of Fox
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Lives, resources lost in Iraq
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Science: bane of ideologues

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Health care Rx
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Honor, integrity get in the way of profits

I. POOLE & R. PERLSTEIN p. 16
The next Enron scandal
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Loving our legionnaires

ELLIE HURLEY p. 17
States take lead on uninsured
MORTON MINTZ p. 17
Corporate role is campaign finance elephant

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 17
Bush’s war damages National Guard
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Elusive bars of justice
GREG PALAST p. 18
Naked neo-cons: perjury & big bad Wolfie
DAVID TALBOT p. 18
Kennedy legacy vs. Bush legacy
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Plundering newspapers
TED RALL p. 19
Frontrunners by default
DONALD GUTIERREZ p. 20
Brown on a bus through the ’50s South
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Refugees bring it home

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Oklahoma’s forgotten history

JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Falwell gave religion a bad name
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Give ’em hell, Studs!
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 22
Making mockery of democracy
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 22
M&A name game
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Administration fights scandal after scandal


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