The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
May 1, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Katherine Ellison p. 1
Gone with the wind

EDITORIAL p. 2
Deep-six trade pacts; Stall immigration reform

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Reality of Bush’s surge; Media companies get no respect; Cooney’s editing pencil; Roping in CEO pay; Wasteful, silly, dangerous police; Inescapable TV ads.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Biodiesel dilemma

DISPATCHES p. 5
Hack attack at Justice; Obama dooms Fox Dem debate; Terror in eye of beholder; Ford CEO averts Pelosi presidency ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Politics and disease
JIM HARKNESS p. 6
Pricier corn good for nation
LAURA PASKUS p. 6
Too much asked of a river
GENE LYONS p. 7
Texas hold ’em
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
The emperor is out of control
CARL POPE p. 9
2% solution on global warming
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Climate science and politics of growth
JOE CONASON p. 9
To Damascus with Nancy Pelosi
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 10
Dowd’s not-so-miraculous conversion
GREG PALAST p. 11
Hit-woman’s history of purges to protect W
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 11
The return of ‘Rip Van Nam’
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Tommy may end up No. 2 on GOP ticket
WALTER SHAPIRO p. 12
John Edwards live
ART CULLEN p. 12
Fooling no one

DAVID CORN p. 13
Who will pay for the news?
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 13
A license to commit fraud
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
The warm on terror
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Invest in hope
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 15
The current occupant goes out for a walk ...
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Newest in health insurance litter

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Pharmacists another link in health chain

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Getting better all the time

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Lessons in free-market capitalism

RYAN O’DONNELL p. 16
Fill vacancies with instant runoff
LAURA WINOPOL p. 17
Deserter seeks refuge in Canada
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Is Chávez a threat to stability? No
AMERICAS/Rodriguez & Gonzales p. 18
Bush’s secret pact with Mexico
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Dead dogs don’t bleed
ANDREW LEONARD p. 18
Class war and credit snobs
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Get lead out of gardens
TED RALL p. 19
America’s madman: New Yorkers’ Rudy
MORTON MINTZ p. 20
Will Congress reform wretched exec excess?
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 20
Amtrak may be rounding the bend
BOOKS/Margie Burns p. 21
‘No war plans’: Impeachment primer

JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Come together right now over him
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
US kangaroo court claims first victim
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 22
Impeach Gonzales: Quickest way to truth
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Global warming in the land of denial
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The frat boy’s legacy


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