The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
November 15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 20
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Walter Shapiro p. 1
The coming healthcare war

EDITORIAL p. 2
Whose Congress is it? ... A.V. Krebs, R.I.P.

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What torture is; Stand with Obey; Betrayal on trade by Dems; Subsidizing disaster; Burmese blood gems; Calling Boehner; Making the list.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
FROMA HARROP p. 5
Our health ‘system’ isn’t ‘conservative’
DISPATCHES p. 5
Social Security scaremongering; Suppressing progressive talk; Smokers pay extra ...

GEORGE NAYLOR p. 6
Farm bill ignores need for grain reserve
ED QUILLEN p. 6
Sometimes priceless really is priceless
WENDY WILLIAMS p. 6
Tap ocean winds for energy
GENE LYONS p. 7
‘Mainstream’ values include envy, spite
SAM SMITH p. 7
Why Edwards isn’t doing better
SAM URETSKY p. 8
Socialism? Let’s make the most of it

ANTONIO DAJER p. 8
French health care is so boring
P. PHILLIPS, B. THORNTON p. 9
Why US lacks full health care
RUSSELL MOKHIBER p. 9
Brazil, Mexico, Russia, US in common
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Terrorism and the forgotten threat

ALEX KOPPELMAN p. 10
Christian Right could make Hillary president
RAY McGOVERN p. 11
Bush, oil and moral bankruptcy
ROGER BYBEE p. 11
Hillary: Let them eat yellowcake

SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Schlesinger’s playbill for American century
JOE CONASON p. 13
Nuclear hypocrisy
DAVID SIROTA p. 13
Culture of corruption
FRANK O’DONNELL p. 14
Green yields green
DEAN BAKER p. 14
Rich crusader doesn’t need Socal Security
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Housing market flameout may burn us all
CHARLIE CRAY p. 15
Blackwatergate
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Tax for the cure

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Death of single-payer

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Drums beating for war in Iran

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 16
Inaction makes Bush’s shame our own
OTTÓN SOLIS p. 17
No cheers for CAFTA
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Burmese revolt against brutal junta

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 17
War system in conflict with democracy
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Missed the Columbus mattress sale
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Nuke industry is Al Gore’s biggest fan
DAVID MOON p. 18
Filling in the blanks
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Dodging impeachment
TED RALL p. 19
Onward Christian panderers
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 19
Pelosi on the record
HEATHER GRAY p. 20
Al Krebs, a fighter for family farmers

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Music isn’t free, but shouldn’t be a ripoff

JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Congrats, Al; don’t run
BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Reason mounts a defense

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Imagine peace — a ray of light in dark times
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Sunday morning coming down
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Clarence Thomas speaks out — poorly
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Cash, cash, wonderful cash


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