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COVER/Andrew Leonard p. 1
Wall Street breaks ‘free market’
EDITORIAL p. 2
Reagan’s ruins; Send rebates where needed
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Bush economic plan worked; Health-care ideology; FBI’s new ID?system; Price of cheap goods; Subsidizing livestock manure lagoons; America’s gaping economic divide.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Life on the supply chain
DISPATCHES p. 5
Bush’s end game; Rudy’s vendetta; Union dues; Media ignores Edwards ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The wisdom of crowds
PETE LETHEBY p. 6
Like it or not, corn in every meal
WYLIE HARRIS p. 6
Silver lining of suburbia
GENE LYONS p. 7
Erasing the race
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Digging in the right place
RYAN ALEXANDER p. 7
Corporate farmers hog our bucks
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
It’s the recession, stupid
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Year of the fat cats
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Questions for our candidates
MARC H. MORIAL p. 9
Mortgage crisis needs better fix
JOE CONASON p. 10
Holy Constitution! Huck’s Biblical vision
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Iraq in debate spotlight, and Hillary put it there
GREG PALAST p. 11
George of Arabia: Kiss your Abe g’bye
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 11
Issues missing in presidential race
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Lessons for Obama from Hart, Jackson
EDWARD McCLELLAND p. 12
How to solve America’s water problems
K. CANDAELE & P. DREIER p. 13
Insiders, outsiders need each other
KATHERINE MIESZKOWSKI p. 14
No bears for oil
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Dems must keep eyes on prize, stay civil
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 15
Big business is even more unpopular
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Prisoners of health care
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Vampire health myths
REV. MICHAL SEIFERT p. 16
Keeping the dream alive on the border
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Creating moral imperative
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
God and man on the campaign trail
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Gloomiest days for Pakistan?
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Hostage drama shows US’ Colombia policy flaw
MARGIE BURNS p. 18
What really happened in New Hampshire?
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Campaign in black and white
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Deregulation: Enough is enough
TED RALL p. 19
Politics of dopes
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 19
‘Free marketeers’ proven wrong once again
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 20
Prescription for plutocracy
DAVE ZIRIN p. 20
Brutus smacks Hall of Fame
JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
Why the writer’s strike matters
BOOKS/Alvena Bieri p. 21
Jimmy Carter’s legacy built on moral goals
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Paradigms still need subverting
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Broadcasters’ big payday
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Give us the lash, Mitt
DONALD KAUL p. 23
I buy, therefore I am
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Hugger-in-Chief needed
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