The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
February 15, 2011 -- Volume 17, Number 3


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Tom Engelhardt p. 1
From Tucson to Kabul

EDITORIAL p. 2
First do no harm

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Republicans’ corporate paymasters; Health care and congress critters; EPA revokes permit; Dumping on Texas; Judy Bonds:?Model citizen; Plenty of American jobs
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Sad state of mental health

DISPATCHES p. 5
Building the Next Deal; Whither MSNBC?; Scoring points on Social Security; Senate reform deflates; Supreme Court ’wingers skirt ethics rules; Texas joins voter ID fraud ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
No tears for Joe
JULIA OLMSTEAD p. 6
A climate-friendly farm bill
ELANOR STARMER p. 6
Keep a public hand on water
GENE LYONS p. 7
Profiting from road rage
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
US: Too corrupt to keep up?
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Saving jobs but not people
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Is Giffords’ shooting a teachable moment?

ROGER BYBEE p. 9
Corporate America’s secession continues
DAN FROOMKIN p. 10
Pollsters dump Obama’s Social Security plan
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Making Social Security more progressive
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
The real state of the union
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 11
It’s still jobs
RICHARD TRUMKA p. 12
America’s choices
DON ROLLINS p. 12
Tucson exposes our fears

MIKE LUX p. 13
State of play
HARRY SHEARER p. 13
Obama talks business: Cost-benefit ratio
TA-NEHISI COATES p. 13
King’s vision, Obama’s challenge
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
King would see more work to do
ROBERT REICH p. 14
GOP attacks health care
ANDREW LEONARD p. 14
Obama’s unforced fumble
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Ice cream and health insurance

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Job killing by hope crushers

ETHAN ROME p. 15
GOP sizes up health care
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The party that was

JOHN BUELL p. 16
My football fantasy

ARTHUR DELANEY p. 16
Community responds to 99er’s note
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Corporatism swallowing up diplomacy

ERIC STONER p. 17
The U.S. tragedy in Afghanistan
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 17
Save jobs, safeguard workers

ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Why keep ‘politics’ out of it?
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Arizona legislature nullifys laws
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
King’s gamble
TED RALL p. 19
Tacky and weird mourning
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
King’s gamble
KATIE HALPER p. 20
Stop the schmear against Palin

COHEN/SOLOMON p. 20
A time for action, not servility

JOSH SILVER p. 20
Comcast merger approved by FCC

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Offensive enough to be good

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Remembering Cookie Gilchrist
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Building characters

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Tucson, Juarez, and assault weapons ban
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Ohio slashes staff
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
From Tucson to Juarez
DONALD KAUL p. 22
The right for nuts to bear arms
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The regulators made them do it


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