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COVER/Patrick Smith p. 1
Scared witless: A nation of scaredy cats
EDITORIAL p. 2
Despair is not an option
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Republicans out of touch as middle class sinks; Corporations want ‘lion’s share’; Agbiz profits, mutant germs and us; Nader’s novel idea; Lasting spirit of Zinn
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Hens bring it home
DISPATCHES p. 5
Progressive populist win in Oregon; Bipartisan drive for public financing of elections; ‘Free Speech for People’ amendment; Credit where due; Social Security benefits: It’s the law ...
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
Conservative darling loses his charm
LONI KEMP p. 6
Boondoggle sidetracks bio-energy crops
RICH WANDSCHNEIDER p. 6
Without big government where would we be?
GENE LYONS p. 7
The deficit blame game
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The case for choosing life
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Put income surtax on big bonuses
JOAN WALSH p. 8
GOP blocks Obama on security
DEAN BAKER p. 9
The Second Great Depression Bogeyman
ALEX KOPPELMAN p. 9
GOP fearmongers Christmas bomber
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Happy days aren’t here again
CYNTHIA MOOTHART p. 10
Rural communities miss health care boom
ROBERT REICH p. 10
Our incredible shrinking democracy
GREG PALAST p. 11
Kvetcher in the rye
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Glenn Beck forgets his show is on video
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
Common sense on budgets
JOE CONASON p. 12
Republicans target Social Security again
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Obama’s State-of-the-Union: Ten lessons
MIKE LUX p. 13
Knowing when to pick a fight
JAKE WHITNEY p. 14
‘Paranoid Style’ lives
FROMA HARROP p. 14
Urban future isn’t all about population booms
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
We need jobs, not tax breaks
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Wisdom of Dr. Seuss needed
SAM URETSKY p. 15
How do you want those kids to die?
MIKE PROKOSCH p. 15
Record bank profits and American Dream
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
New House of Lords
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Don’t ask, just end it
MARGIE BURNS p. 16
Time for Plan B’s
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Why Washington cares about Haiti, Honduras
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
We wanted a Mandela, got a Thomas
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Populist talk to stoic crowd
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 18
Howard Zinn: Historian who made history
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Questions after the big speech
TED RALL p. 19
Contrarian manifesto
HAL CROWTHER p. 20
The red rose of Texas
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Emotional education
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Roots to dig
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The people’s historian
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Let those uninsured die
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Next, we’ll sell Senate seats
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Investment bankers make their case
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