The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
April 1, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Philip Mattera p. 1
Outsourcing Walter Reed

EDITORIAL p. 2
Bush's legacy of lies; Working on withdrawal

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
'Burden' on corporate crooks; Bush's sneak attack on America; Saving war's nastiness for you; George W in fantasy land; Politicizing US attorneys; Disney's thuggishness.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Four steps to stop agbiz polluters

DISPATCHES p. 5
Army orders injured GIs to Iraq; Sunday still con; Libs in denial; Undocumented citizens lose aid; Labor backs Medicare expansion ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Can NE GOP get their groove back?
EVAN BRANOSKY p. 6
A greener farm bill
GENE LYONS p. 7
Soldiers' shabby care par for course
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Getting your attention

MARK BENJAMIN p. 8
Walter Reed, on the cheap
JOHN NICHOLS p. 8
Loud call for impeachment in Vermont
AZIZ HUQ p. 9
Habeas corpus can't wait
MYRIAM MIEDZIAN p. 9
Business keeps gov't from protecting us
ISAIAH POOLE p. 10
Right wing swings, misses
MARTHA BURK p. 10
Re-Electing Reagan
CYNTHIA HALL CLEMENTS p. 10
Ideology trumps health care
MARGIE BURNS p. 11
'Barrels' of uranium? Are they kidding?

JASON SALZMAN p. 11
Poll on issues, not popularity
DAVID CORN p. 12
Placing Libby above the law
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 13
Libby and the White House book club
GREG PALAST p. 13
Bush's new US attorney a crook?
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 14
Leave them kids alone!
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
Let's call the coal thing off
JESSE JACKSON p. 15
Fine words on civil rights — let's see action
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Patients: Take your doctor's history

SAMUEL URETSKY p. 15
Delaying inevitable health care reform

WAYNE O'LEARY p. 16
The Madness of President George

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Criminality as a method of government

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 16
Thank God for in-vitro babies
MARK ENGLER p. 17
Bush's Latin American spring break
JOHN BUELL p. 17
Is Iran next?

AMERICAS/Patrisia Gonzales p. 18
Cycles of 'la mujer'
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Welcome to lame duck tours by Bush
PAT WRAY p. 18
Candidates should know about gun owners
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Clinton flummoxes Republicans
TED RALL p. 19
Tale of two children
HAL CROWTHER p. 20
That's all she wrote

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 21
Politics of 'low-hanging fruit'
JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Loving the Silver Belles
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 21
George & Hugo
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 22
Belated concern
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Lock up your tired, your poor ...
ART CULLEN p. 22
Long-running scandal

DONALD KAUL p. 23
US ain't what it used to be


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