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COVER/Joseph Romm p. 1
Nuclear bomb
EDITORIAL p. 2
Get this party started
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Big Oil’s free-market hokum; Bushites attack their own messenger; McCain walks with Gramm; Death by privatization; A word about the war; Contempt for vets
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Thanks for clearing that up
DISPATCHES p. 5
McCain’s economic brain;
‘Fair trade’ framework set;
Senate panel: Bush misled us into war;
Kucinich would impeach Bush;
Clarke: Truth commission needed on Iraq war;
House panel details Abramoff-White House ties;
More senators in trouble;
In House races;
Public transit paradox;
US blackmails Iraq for occupation deal;
Sun shines, wind blows, water flows, lights go on;
GOP blocks windfall profits tax, renewable credits;
Carter ages well;
Fool or fraud;
Biofuels could benefit peasants;
Nebraskans call for affordable health care;
Surveillance law controversy;
GM boss pessimistic about hybrids;
Studdent loans bypass smaller colleges;
Incinerator wants to import toxic PCBs;
Return of Willie Horton;
Former Bush health chief's firm will treat 9/11 vics;
Olbermann beats O'Reilly
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Dems’ lost opportunity
DEBORAH RICH p. 6
Hay belly nation
PETER CARRELS p. 6
South Dakota strikes it rich with ethanol
GENE LYONS p. 7
McClellan, unleashed
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The populist uprising
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Rein in credit card fees
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Gas prices: challenge and opportunity
MARK WEISBROT p. 9
US economy: worst is yet to come
ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 9
Time for a coal moratorium
JOE CONASON p. 10
Democrats put down your swords
JOHN CULLEN p. 10
Obama’s a good CEO
DON ROLLINS p. 10
President Pawlenty? Puhleeze!
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Scotty come lately
LOUIS BAYARD p. 11
Scott McClellan comes clean
JOAN WALSH p. 12
The other 18 million
WALTER SHAPIRO p. 13
Obama’s epic win
BOB BURNETT p. 13
John McCain and death of conservatism
JOYCE MARCEL p. 14
Of iron butterflies and bridge women
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
At the heart of Obama-McCain race
JOHN NICHOLS p. 14
McCain’s pastor problems don’t end
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Mapping the way to health care for all
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Nottingham sheriff wins again
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 15
The media’s unseemly affair with McCain
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Subprime meltdown: regulatory failure
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
States taking responsibility
LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber p. 16
‘Blue-Green Alliance’ seeks jobs, environment
JESS HUNTER-BROWN p. 17
Massacre’s stain reaches nation’s capital
JACK SHANAHAN p. 17
Such waste you would not believe
MELISSA EPSTEIN MILLS p. 17
Troops need new GI Bill
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Ceremonial discourse
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
The slowdown, then the crash
PETER PHILLIPS p. 18
Press freedom viewed from Cuba
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
Behind spiking oil prices
TED RALL p. 19
E-Word: US has competitors, not enemies
JAMES McCARTY YEAGER p. 20
Staying ahead of the curve
JOEL JOSEPH p. 20
Obama is no McGovern
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
‘Recount’ all you want
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Parties and partisans
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Utah Phillips has left the stage
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Everybody in the pool!
DONALD KAUL p. 23
You mean they lied about the Iraq war?
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
In praise of gas tax
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