The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
August 15, 2008 -- Volume 14, Number 14


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Edward McClelland p. 1
The rise and fall of an American beer

EDITORIAL p. 2
Green jobs for the future

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
McCain’s economic brain; Iraq oil rush; VA treats vets as lab rats; Corporatizing political conventions; Free up our freedoms; Dodging tax by dissing Pringles
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Attaboys still push nukes

DISPATCHES p. 5
Politics of justice; Siegelman claims miscarriage; Corporate media serves you right; Where presidential money comes from; Primary turnout booms; Anthrax case still cold ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
High cost of healthy people
JEFF PAUSMA p. 6
Congress takes a shot at family farmers
JULIA OLMSTEAD p. 6
Chicken run
GENE LYONS p. 7
Art of political fiction
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
‘Centrists’ running the asylum
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Mayors make good move on health care
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
Wall Street socialism
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Finding, creating the political center

MARK WEISBROT p. 9
McCain’s ‘Knowledge Gap’: It’s an issue
NATHAN NEWMAN p. 9
Obama’s move to populism
JOE CONASON p. 10
One more good reason to lift Cuba embargo
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Drilling without oil, tax cuts without growth
ART CULLEN p. 10
The power of winds

GREG PALAST p. 11
The house I live in
ANDREW LEONARD p. 11
Best. Bailout. Ever.
WALTER SHAPIRO p. 12
Life in the catbird seat for Obama
MATT CLEVENGER p. 12
Obama says plan for next generation
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 13
Memo to Obama: Moving to middle for losers
PROGRESS REPORT p. 13
Wells of mass deception
JIM CASTAGNERA p. 14
There will be more blood

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
After coming far, going further
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 14
Get me rewrite: All in the way you report it
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A day with a sick Mexican ...

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Party unity my Internet

MARGIE BURNS p. 16
‘Friendly intel services’ and torture trail

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Solution that dares not speak its name

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Sidetrack by sideshows

D.H. KERBY p. 16
Court relaxes privacy rights at border
MORTON MINTZ p. 17
What Rush would do if he were president
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Nuclear deal blows up Indian government

AMERICAS/Patrisia Gonzales p. 18
Wombs and land
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Guess what ‘surprise’ Republicans yearn for
RICHARD RHAMES p. 18
Something fishy in bank bailout
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
Making the world safe for corporate power
TED RALL p. 19
Triumph of faith-based politics
VINCENT BUGLIOSI p. 20
Bush’s unseemly reaction to war
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Gossip is people

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Grand theft hoops: Stealing of Sonics
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Randy history

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Celebrate release, not Colombian regime
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Livin’ is easy
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Obama follows erratic course
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Freddie and Fannie


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