The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
February 15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Jim Cullen p. 1
Netroots say ‘Don’t tread on me’

EDITORIAL p. 2
Health-care fool’s gold; Bush’s omissions

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Stand up to war profiteers; Hastert’s legislative ‘miracle’; Logo lowdown; CEO con jobs; Mountaintop revelation; Inspiring power of kids.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Rebel flags still fly

DISPATCHES p. 5
Pelosi soars, Bush dives; Presidential campaigns start; New group aims to discipline Dems; Fed chief raises Social Security alarm; Bush replaces probers with cronies ...

THOMAS B. ROWLEY p. 6
Farm policy ruining trade talks
DR. DAVID BACON p. 6
The population bubble
RICHARD COLLINS p. 6
Only Mexico can stop exodus to the north
GENE LYONS p. 7
An ominous strategic blunder
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Game savers

JIM CULLEN p. 8
Moyers: Break corporate media chains

GREG PALAST p. 9
Waist deep in the Big Muddy
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Cheney is longtime bad news for US
JOE CONASON p. 10
Enough with the new bipartisanship
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
New ‘Way Forward’ splinters GOP
CARL POPE p. 11
Big change, not Big Oil
PAUL PRECHT p. 11
Heavyweights spar for drugs
ROB RICHIE & RYAN O’DONNELL p. 11
States plan a more perfect union

SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Shuttle without diplomacy
MICHAEL SPIES p. 12
US to UN: Do as I say, not as I do
KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI p. 13
Peace movement at a crossroads
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
Energizer money
JOHN BUELL p. 14
Revisiting Christmas bonuses

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Global role costs us at home
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The 1099 health award

ROSE ANN DeMORO p. 15
Arnold-care is a bad deal
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Surge, spin
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Keeping on keeping on in Iraq
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 16
Law rewards banks’ irresponsibility
MATTHEW GENDLE p. 17
Big blues: Death of an industrial town
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Freeing spirit of Americas
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Bush hawks war ‘surge’
MEIZHU LUI p. 18
People of color vote blue but live in red
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Corporatizing economy
TED RALL p. 19
Healthcare crisis for the rest of us
ANDREW O’HEHIR p. 20
‘Chicago 10’ themes reverberate today
GEORGE BERES p. 20
Donors dictate university policy
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 20
New Year’s limericks
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 21
Bush’s white whale
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 21
Presidency gets too much respect
BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Dobbs looking for a fight

MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Stand up against surge
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
King issues: war, the poor
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Saddam’s dead. Can we go home now?


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