The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
August 15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 14
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Katharine Mieszkowsky p. 1
You are free to pollute about the country

EDITORIAL p. 2
Impeach Bush, Cheney; Carmakers’ health

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Political morality tale; Bush’s numbers; Perks for corporate family; Representing real America; Fair elections now; Country of origin labeling.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Disease labs as economic development

DISPATCHES p. 5
Scourge of E coli cons; Edwards sets agenda; NBC newser bashes Edwards; Hair-brained hypocrisy; GI pay raise flip-flop; Get back to capitalism; Bioweapons expert sees anthrax coverup; Congress punts e-vote reform; US trails in broadband ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Anxiety in the empire
BILL CULLEN p. 6
Nurses steadfast in Iowa strike

BARRY G. PARSONS p. 6
Florida finally says no to coal

GENE LYONS p. 7
Politics, sitcom-style
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
62 years of nuclear fallout

FRANK O’DONNELL p. 8
Coal Story’s next chapter
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Monopoly and the business climate

CARL POPE p. 9
Energy progress in White House’s court
WARREN LANGLEY p. 10
Better ways to spend $60 billion
RYAN ALEXANDER p. 10
Congress finally trimming pork
ANDREW LEONARD p. 10
Organic farming can feed the world
JOE CONASON p. 11
Rudy and Romney: Artful dodgers
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 11
National health care more humane, efficient
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Cooking intelligence, again
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 12
Bloody hands on Capitol Hill
JOHN NICHOLS p. 13
FCC must keep Net open
ALAN JENKINS p. 13
Lost opportunity
MARY FLITNER p. 13
Who’ll pick up pieces when this boom ends?
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN p. 14
‘SiCKO’ indicts US health care industry
JULENE BAIR p. 14
Switching before the well runs dry on Plains
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Gun crime lobby hits its mark
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Beach-time wisdom of Isabel

SAM URETSKY p. 15
DEA says feel your own pain

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 15
We get what we pay for
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Supreme injustice

WILLIAM A. COLLINS p. 16
Unions no match for corporate greed
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Telling stories about war

GARRISON KEILLOR p. 17
Norse stay on course
DONALD GUTIERREZ p. 17
Universal jurisdiction, Bush administration

AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Hypocrisy and amnesty
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Love song of Bohemian Grove
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Imports cause safety concern
TED RALL p. 19
Logic bomb
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 20
A Southern, and liberal, lady
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Rocking against climate change
JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
How does an era end?
BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Dissent in America

ROB RICHIE & PAUL FIDALGO p. 21
Spoilers are coming, spoilers are coming!
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Two systems of justice in Louisiana
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 22
Dems can’t wait for GOP to end war
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Scooter’s extended family
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 22
Bush/Cheney impeachment


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