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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Massachusetts lesson: Do the right thing
EDITORIAL p. 2
Money talks politics; Don’t back down on health
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Reining in the gods of the Fed; Supreme coup; Obama’s decline; Tax Wall Street bonuses; Twisted ethics of secrets
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Help Haiti help itself
DISPATCHES p. 5
Dems move toward health reform fix ...
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
New airport policy: Grin and bare it
ALAN KESSELHEIM p. 6
In considering future, include Plan B
GENE LYONS p. 7
Buffering the GOP noise machine
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Dem corporatism brings Reagan back
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Senate should get rid of insane filibuster
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Extend bank tax to do the business
JOE CONASON p. 9
What would the GOP do?
JOAN WALSH p. 9
Learning wrong lessons from the Bay State
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
‘Hope’ has been a bust; it’s time for Hope 2.0
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Expectations crisis gives Obama opportunities
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 11
Democrats boosting right-wing populism
JOHN CAVANAGH p. 11
Change is tougher than hope
ANGELA BLACKWELL p. 11
One man can’t fix a broken country
GREG PALAST p. 12
Manchurian candidates
DAVID COBB p. 12
Abolish corporate personhood, save democracy
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 13
Shed a tear for our democracy
DORIS ‘GRANNY D’ HADDOCK p. 13
Defend democracy against corporate state
FROMA HARROP p. 14
Real miracle happened four years ago
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Recovery takes more than bank handouts
SCOTT KLINGER p. 14
If corporations were human, they’d die
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Addiction: Moral failing or disease?
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Retirees pay for bank stimulus
ROBERT REICH p. 15
Thank Scott Brown for bank crackdown
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Specter of endless war
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
New Clinton presidency
D.H. KERBY p. 16
Bloggers are seeking protection as journos
JUAN COLE p. 17
Let’s give credit where it’s due
JOHN BUELL p. 17
Obligations to Haiti
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Saving Haiti, saving humanity
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Richly deserved humiliation
DON ROLLINS p. 18
Shaping history
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Rein in the out-of-control
TED RALL p. 19
Obama will drag down Dems in November
MICHAEL LIND p. 20
I blame cable TV
AJAMU DILLAHUNT p. 20
Aid tilts to the white
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Cable channels factionalize us
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Nurse Jackie’ twists
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
King and sports
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Tè Tremblé — Haitian earth trembled
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Arousing alarm is easy
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Race and the rapture
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Credit card user’s revenge of sorts
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This page posted January 28, 2009