The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
September 15, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 16
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Jeff Biggers p. 1
In coal blood

EDITORIAL p. 2
Shame on the Democrats

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Dems cave to Bush fearmongering; Deadly numbers game; Rebranding Bush; Where are they now?; How unpopular is Bush? Toilet tissue allocation.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Farm Bill should salute food quality

DISPATCHES p. 5
Three amigos eye NAFTA expansion; Real ID threatens patience, privacy; Senate outlook ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Creepy debate on SCHIP
JOEL GREENO p. 6
Farmers and consumers getting milked
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 6
New Populist Declaration of Independence

GENE LYONS p. 7
Sick joke
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 8
Media neglects vital part of mine collapse story
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 9
Blackstone and capital’s scam
ISAIAH POOLE p. 9
No month left at the end of the money
THOMAS PALLEY p. 9
Market bondage
TOM SCHALLER p. 10
How strong is the Dem presidential field?
GLENN SMITH p. 11
The trouble with DLC
JOE CONASON p. 11
Giuliani’s dangerous bluster
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
We’ll go no more a-Rove-ing
LOU DUBOSE p. 13
Collapse of Karl Rove
GLENN GREENWALD p. 13
Padilla verdict shames Bush overreach
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The mark of Rove
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 14
Media kaleidoscope of memory
FRANK O’DONNELL p. 14
Green legislative breakthrough?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Consumerism amok

SAM URETSKY p. 15
It’s the end of the world as we owe it

JOHN NICHOLS p. 15
People can lead push to impeach
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Sun sets on Britain’s third way

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Separate and unequal

DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 16
At least Obama has a plan
FRANK KENDALL p. 17
End impunity for contractors in Iraq
ANDREW LEONARD p. 17
The future of the world is nuts
AMERICAS/Patrisia Gonzales p. 18
Patzin: Keeping Kalli
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Exit Karl Rove: Everybody’s useful demon
JOHN BUELL p. 14
Chasing Bonds, writing cultural history

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Law chases cruise ships
D.H. KERBY p. 19
Feds still use secret orders to pry data
TED RALL p. 19
Appealing Chinese import:?Accountability
HAL CROWTHER p. 20
Stop the presses at -- 30 --

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Shady characters

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Karl Rove’s science of dirty tricks
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
No wonder they called him Turd Blossom
DONALD KAUL p. 23
How long can we ignore these pitfalls?
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Last one out the door


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