The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
May 15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 9
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Mark Benjamin p. 1
Injured troops shipped back to battle

EDITORIAL p. 2
Alternative tax chumps; Gonzales in the dock

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Stalking America’s middle class; Corporate welfare stench; FDA plans radiated food; What’s happening to bees?; Invaders from afar; Shortchanging hurricane watch.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Bottom-line feeders

DISPATCHES p. 5
Infant deaths follow medical cutbacks; What Social Security crisis?; K Street wins on tax breaks; Comic news fans smartest ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Skilled jobs also in danger
E.G. VALLIANATOS p. 6
Farm workers still toil in fields of danger

SHARON O’TOOLE p. 6
They shoot horses don’t they??Not any more
GENE LYONS p. 7
Bring back Don Imus
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Farmers need fair prices, competition

MARK BENJAMIN p. 8
VA found Walter Reed problems in ’04
LOUIS CLARK p. 9
US forces torture Iraq whistleblowers
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 10
Wolfowitz’s girlfriend problem
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 10
Thompson case culprit: Campaign cash
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Gonzales is only tip of the iceberg
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 11
Sallie Mae’s menage a trois
AMY F. ISAACS p. 11
Labor law reform vital to middle class
RICK PERLSTEIN p. 12
E. coli conservatism
MAX SAWICKY p. 12
Public investment slows to crawl
LYNN HARRIS p. 13
High court opens door for abortion bans
B. SMEDLEY & A. JENKINS p. 13
Unhealthy inequality
DAVID ROBERTS p. 14
Green converts and heretics
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
In end, right message on Imus
JOHN BUELL p. 14
Neglected benefits of insurance: red tape

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Organs: life as commodity

ALEC DUBRO p. 15
Where will the sick go now?
MIKE HALL p. 15
Attack of wage-eating monsters sequel
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Politics of health
RYAN ALEXANDER p. 16
Politics of health
GREG PALAST p. 17
The gunman’s accomplices
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 17
US politicians need a history lesson
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
IMF due for early retirement at 63?
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
ICEmen gone wild
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
How to stop next campus killings
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 18
Black women still confined in media cage
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Bad words trump deeds
TED RALL p. 19
Ban predatory student loans
ANDREW LEONARD p. 20
Playing chess with Kurt Vonnegut
J. QUINN BRISBEN p. 20
Vonnegut: Easy but worthwhile

MITCHELL KAIDY p. 20
Little bombs cause big problems

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 21
Imus shocked at grassroots reaction

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Out-of-this-world radio

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Take back the airwaves
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 22
Gonzales and Wolfowitz to swim with fishes
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Iraq for dummies
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Tip for Republicans in Congress


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