The Progressive POPULIST

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August 1, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 13
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Garrett Epps p. 1
Free speech for the rich and powerful

EDITORIAL p. 2
Cure health care; Cruising for a bruising

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Black-robed corporatists; Bush’s latest war strategy; Political genuineness; Clogging up Congress; Litigious corporations; The billionaires’ war.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Tilling moral high ground

DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Fast Track’ expires, but not buried yet; House bans ‘Fairness’; Senate outlook; Sheehan to challenge Pelosi?; Virginia purple?; Well-known, not well-loved; Edwards’ poverty tour; Fred Thompson’s ghosts; Immigrant bashing hurts GOP ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats do billionaires’ bidding
THOMAS D. ROWLEY p. 6
Can you hear rural America now?
ALLEN BEST p. 6
An electric debate in the West
GENE LYONS p. 7
Reject fear, protect liberty
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Ship of state vs. lighthouse

ROBERT L. BOROSAGE p. 8
Bush shafts Enron victims
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
An unlikely class warrior
B. ZIPPERER & J. SCHMITT p. 9
Union-busting is big business
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 10
Bush, Cheney walk, too
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Bush’s move adds to impeachment push
IAN WILLIAMS p. 10
George III or George W?
MARGIE BURNS p. 11
So much for the rule of law
JOHN BUELL p. 11
Campaign financing, political renewal

ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 12
‘SiCKO’: Things can be different
KENT PATERSON p. 12
Southwest’s ‘Little Katrina’ revisited

GREG PALAST p. 12
Jerk, con-man, shill, friend
DAVID SIROTA p. 13
Rocky Mountain Right reeling
KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI p. 14
Hip, hip CAFE
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Activist judges target diversity
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Rich states, poor states, cheap states

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Cancer patients find out where they rank

JOHN E. PECK p. 15
Pet food, human food — both riskier
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Adrift in the political doldrums

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Medical malpractice

ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 17
Marianas show evil of guest worker plans
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
India’s first woman president: Big step?

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 17
Looking backward into media mirror
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Ancient words for the migrant
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Zyklon B on the US border
DONALD WORSTER p. 18
Fiddling while America burns
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Recommended reading for summer ’07
TED RALL p. 19
Resistance is fiscal in China
J. BERNSTEIN & R. EISENBREY p. 20
Breaking the immigration deadlock
RYAN ALEXANDER p. 20
Mining firms digging in our pockets
JOYCE MARCEL p. 20
Good fences don’t build good neighbors
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 21
The fine art of lying
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Gold nuggets in wasteland

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 21
US must examine its own toy box
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
High cost of Libby’s silence
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 22
Libby outrage not confined to ‘Left’
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Washington looks grim
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 22
Bloomberg for president?


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