The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
December 1, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/James Sandler p. 1
The war on whistleblowers

EDITORIAL p. 2
Errant bullet still scares; K St. or Main St.

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Bush’s deepest health care shame; Save GOP from socialism; $2.4 trillion and counting; Congressional betrayal; Inside Rudy’s head; All-natural flim-flam.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Remember Al and the facts

DISPATCHES p. 5
Progressive gains in election; Dems get Senate boost; ‘Hidden costs’ double price of wars; Rudy’s whopper trifecta; Mocking impeachment; Rangel’s reform a ‘start’ ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Nurturing businessmen, not business
PETE LETHEBY p. 6
On the Plains, room outside the box
JANE GOETZE p. 6
Nuclear power is back with a bang
GENE LYONS p. 7
Braggart soldiers and talk radio hosts
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The Huey Longs of Iowa
THOMAS D. ROWLEY p. 7
Rural America needs to speak louder
S. EARLY and S. GORDON p. 9
Whatever happened to the 8-hour day?
RICK PERLSTEIN p. 10
Apocalypse Now: the drought
GREG PALAST p. 10
California celebrity fires: ’Boo ain’t N.O.
JOHN BUELL p. 11
How our government coddles billionaires

HOLLY SKLAR p. 11
Billionaires up, America down
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 11
Pledge of loyalty to journalism
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Bush’s Old World Disorder
MARGIE BURNS p. 12
Insurance companies’ uncounted cash

THOMAS PALLEY p. 13
Trade deficit doing us in
JOE CONASON p. 13
Rudy’s new best friend
MUCKRAKER/Brian Beutler p. 14
Youth climate movement proves itself
CARL POPE p. 14
Coal, the new outcast
RUSSELL MOKHIBER p. 15
AFL-CIO leaders sideline single-payer
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Santa Bush packs his knapsacks

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Republican looking-glass language

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Staying forever

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 16
Will Bush suck GOP down drain with him?
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
A question of speech

DANIEL M. SMITH p. 17
Lies make the war go ’round
JESSE JACKSON p. 17
Trade pacts paved way for toxic toys
CHRISTOPHER COOK p. 17
Democracy under the radar

AMERICAS/Patisia Gonzales p. 18
Sweeping the roads
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Hillary’s big problem; how Bill can fix it
GLENN W. SMITH p. 18
Slippery scribes shaft striking screenwriters
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Who sets oil prices?
TED RALL p. 19
Pakistan’s con continues
CRAIG UNGER p. 20
Battle of the Bushes
DAVID HAVEN BLAKE p. 21
Prophetic ‘Face in Crowd’
JIM CULLEN p. 21
Pete Seeger: Power of Song

JOHN NICHOLS p. 21
GOP endorsements reveal true colors
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
A vote for Mukasey is a vote for torture
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Why Iowa matters
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Iran, here we come
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Father Dollar


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