The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
February 15, 2004 -- Volume 10, Number 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Jim Cullen
Senate races fought for high stakes

EDITORIAL
Democrats keep the horserace going

JIM HIGHTOWER
Scary State of the Union; Posturing at MLK's grave; Help from Halliburton's friends; Fastows' special deal; Forget health care, we're going to Mars; Luxurious holiday.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Consumers get what they think they want

DISPATCHES
Bush still AWOL; Bush drops in poll; Perils of online voting cited

MARK MATTHEWS
I've tried, but I can't eat the view

OUCH!/Public Campaign
Mad about mad cows

BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT
Giving, taking from the common pool

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Bush revives infamous 'bracero' plan

TED RALL
Suffer the French schoolchildren

BILL CULLEN
Barter, compromise are keys to caucuses

ART CULLEN
My failures as an Iowa political pundit

RANDOLPH HOLHUT
Dean gets slimed, Kerry gets establishment nod

MARGIE BURNS
O, the difference a vowel makes

BRAD BAILEY
Rare bird sighted in Dallas

JOHN BUELL
Divine endorsements need fact checkers

MOKHIBER & WEISSMAN
Multiple corporate personality disorder

HYPOCRISY WATCH
Bush's State-of-the-Union claims vs. facts

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
Immigration plan promises quasi-slaves

NATHAN NEWMAN
Is Bush's much-touted growth real?

HOLLY SKLAR
We need an Apollo project here on Earth

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Bush leaves no bride behind

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Expand the prisons; Grandma is coming

JESSE JACKSON
Bush insults King legacy once again

GENE LYONS
A matter of decency

ROB RICHIE & STEVEN HILL
Picking a president: Democrats' methods

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
A nice place to live

WAYNE O'LEARY
Welcome to Corporate World

MUCKRAKER/Amanda Griscom
Spin cycle

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Dixie trap for Democrats

FAIR
Nazi talk deplored only when Rs targeted

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Dancing bishops and presidents

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Havoc in the cornfields

LAURA FLANDERS
Conservatives cracking up?

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Bankruptcy deform looms

FUTURE HOPE/Ted Glick
Don't run as an indy, Ralph

DAVE ZWEIFEL
So far, no good on tax cut results

EUGENE J. McCARTHY
The two-party system

SAM URETSKY
Journal outlines private health care waste

ROB PATTERSON
Music critic on the outside

BOOK/Alvena Bieri
Changing the powers that be

MOLLY IVINS
Ain't democracy grand; Follow the greenbacks; Giving money to rich people

DONALD KAUL
Bush policies make great presidents spin


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