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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Sleep of reason: Midterm madness 2010
EDITORIAL p. 2
Zombie ‘reformers’
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Corporate flimflammers in Congress; Redistribution of USA’s wealth to the few; Misdemeanors for the rich; Gouging consumers with high-flying fees; Girl Scouts teach GSA
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Pouring out the dairies
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP stops START; GOP true believers and apostates; Prog groups propose deficit reduction; Climate change threatens billions; Insurers paid Chamber $86M to fight reform ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
EPA tells California: Go for it
DENA HOFF p. 6
We can’t afford cheap meat anymore
WALT GASSON p. 6
Hunters called -- they want their deer back
GENE LYONS p. 7
Sure, government is just like your family
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Deter crime, get tough on Wall Street
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Earmarks a red herring in fight to cut deficit
ROGER BYBEE p. 9
Struggling Mass. town takes on aerospace giant
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Voters speak: Analysis of midterm poll
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Facebook, Twitter and Middle East peace
RANDOLPH HOLHUT p. 11
Alternatives to austerity
ROBERT REICH p. 12
Lame ducks and daffy ducks
DEAN BAKER p. 12
Sins of commission: What $1B can’t buy
JOHN STEEL p. 13
Bring back American?manufacturing
JOE CONASON p. 13
Millionaires call for their tax cuts to expire
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 13
What President Obama can do to create jobs
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Tax-cut games put jobless in jeopardy
MICHAEL COLLISS p. 14
Main Street needs unemployment insurance
SCOTT CLARK p. 14
Life and times of long-term unemployed
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Numbers delirium
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Suffering deficit fools
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Postmortem
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Afghanistan: War without end?
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Keith Olbermann and the politics of sports
JOHN NICHOLS p. 17
War is a lie
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Obama Watch: The missing mojo
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Run, Russ, run!
RYDER W. MILLER p. 18
Steinbeck’s hard truths are still timely
DON ROLLINS p. 18
Smart has a target
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Bush at large
TED RALL p. 19
Rape my brain but don’t touch my junk
MICHAEL LIND p. 20
Can libs save capitalism from conservatism?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Race-making nation
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Ruthless murderer as ‘hero’
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
All things being sequel
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFLPA: ‘bigger than professional football’
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Health insurance vendetta against Moore
JAMES EGGERT p. 22
Alan Greenspan’s anguish
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 22
WikiLeaks: Demystifying ‘democracy’
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Good-for-nothing commission
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The personal data poem
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