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COVER/Bill Scher p. 1
Can we cut gas prices?
EDITORIAL p. 2
End of the beginning; McCain’s ethanol problem
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Big Oil rolls on; Autocracy in action; Support our veterans; Bush’s recession; DHS is at it again; Gaps in the fence
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Waste not on the farm
DISPATCHES p. 5
Crescent City still coming back; Net players plan New Orleans debate; Congressional election roundup; Devil in details of emissions caps; Blue Dogs, anti-war Dems threaten war funds; Obama can’t assume Hillary’s debts; Congress outlaws gene discrimination ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Perfect calm for McCain
HERMAN E. DALY p. 6
From ‘know how’ to ‘do now’
PAT WILLIAMS p. 6
Dam demolished, old ways return
GENE LYONS p. 7
Breeding sorrow
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Acknowledging race chasm
JOHN CULLEN p. 7
Ethanol as scapegoat
JOHN BUELL & TOM DeLUCA p. 8
Keeping people from voting is real scandal
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Return of the granny bashers
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
Right to vote
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 9
Deregulation left a mess
JOE CONASON p. 10
Was Hillary channelling George Wallace?
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
How far John McCain has fallen
LES LEOPOLD p. 11
Race against race
ROB RICHIE p. 11
Long nomination helps Dems
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Dem candidates shun Jimmy Carter
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
A little love for Big Oil
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 12
Let’s bank on rebuilding America
SAM URETSKY p. 13
Soak the rich for fiscal responsibility
JOYCE MARCEL p. 13
Crumbcatchers
CARL POPE p. 14
Reducing fuel use increases jobs
SHINEY VARGHESE p. 14
Water crisis emerges in US
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Bush heads wrong way on food crisis
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Antidote to government fatigue
ROGER HICKEY p. 15
McCain health plan cuts coverage
GREG PALAST p. 16
Bush’s Trojan taco
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Pennsylvania polka
MARK ENGLER p. 17
‘Free trade’ and battle for Dem Party’s soul
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Bush isolated in Latin America, cries ‘terrorism’
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Ancient word of Creator Couple
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Pigmentation problem
ANDREW GREELEY p. 18
Media fix on Wright and ignore Hagee
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
Big Pharma digs in
TED RALL p. 19
Change we can dream of
MORTON MINTZ p. 20
Put Supreme Court originalists to test
MARY FLITNER p. 20
Coffee with the ladies
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Paper covers rock no more
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFL Draft: from fantasy to farce
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Music wins out
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Ticker tape ain’t spaghetti
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Remember when it was fun to fly?
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Maybe it takes an elitist
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Uncle Sam the garbage man
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