The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
July 1, 2003 -- Volume 9, Number 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Robert Borosage
Cracking the conservatives

EDITORIAL
Start the clock on W's jobs pledge

JIM HIGHTOWER
Horror of double taxation; Where did Ranger George go? Rewards of mediocrity; Join shareholders rebellion; Stamp of autocracy; Watch your walk.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Victory comes from working your issues

DISPATCHES
Medicare privatization limits choices

LaVON GRIFFIEON
Driving Kucinich

BILL McKIBBEN
Sea wreck

PATRICIA WALSH
Let's not succumb to biopharm temptation

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Family farming myths die hard

TED RALL
Operation Iraqi eradication

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Pyrrhic victory for the moguls

STEVEN HILL
Repeal affirmative action for conservatives

MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN
Throwing precaution to the wind

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Prescriptions for disaster

RUY TEIXEIRA
The new Democratic majority

WAYNE O'LEARY
Reading between the lines on security

KENT PATERSON
Fox faces showdown in Mexico

MARK WEISBROT
Tax cut continues 'class warfare'

BILL WILLERS
Privatization and neo-feudalism

JOHN LEWIS
Auditing the poor

JAMES C. MOORE
Bottom gun: Presidential draft dodger W

PAPER CUTS/Judith Gorman
Slipsliding away

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Enronization of public policy

JESSE JACKSON
GOP out to swipe OT

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
Union officials snub voter turnout plan

DONALD KAUL
Turns out we 'elected' a genius

D.H. KERBY
Caught in PATRIOT games

JOHN NICHOLS
Kucinich draws crowd, but not media

JOHN BUELL
Celebrating a life, learning from tragedy

ROB PATTERSON
Unpopular price of popular music

LEE DRUTMAN & CHARLIE CRAY
Pirates of fiscal irresponsibility

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Many a truth spoken in jest

GENE LYONS
Bend it like Jayson: Celebrity journalism

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Monopolizing and manipulating media

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Horowitz gets it all wrong

GEOV PARRISH
Media: E pluribus unum

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Two views of D.C.

AAHH!/Public Campaign
Early word on Clean Elections from GAO

HAL CROWTHER
Weapons of mass stupidity

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Liberty ignored in push for greater power

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Hope for surprises

MOLLY IVINS
Orwell award; FCC sleaze; Don't say you weren't warned

RON RUGGIERO
Used car statesmanship


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