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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Where will the jobs come from?
EDITORIAL p. 2
Public option trap; Get rid of filibuster
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Corporate monster v. ‘Vermonster’; Life’s not fair to Wall St. bankers; Investors get theirs, workers get stiffed; Price of privatization; Getting smart about ‘Smart Choices’
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Take the day off
DISPATCHES p. 5
Texas loses Justice; Record pace for obstruction; Insurance corps. eke out profits; Health care wastes one-third; Worst bank ever; Trillions for defense, balanced budget for health ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
‘Best idea’ meets one of the worst
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
Airing our clean laundry
COURTNEY WHITE p. 6
Aldo Leopold might call it ‘new agrarianism’
GENE LYONS p. 7
Why are we still fighing in Afghanistan?
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Good health policy makes good politics
JEFF MALDRICK p. 8
The case for Big Government
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 8
Reform won’t harm Medicare
MICHAEL LIND p. 9
Social fabric is about to snap
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Justice for the unemployed
BOOKS/Roger Bybee p. 10
GOP keeps tradition of voter suppression
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
How does GOP win with just 1% of vote?
MICHAEL MOORE p. 11
15 things every American can do right now
P. PHILLIPS & M. HUFF p. 11
Banks gave $64 million to whom?
JOE CONASON p. 12
Criticizing Fox News isn’t Nixonian, Fox News is
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 12
Cover millions of kids not trapped in a balloon
GREG PALAST p. 13
S-word and Dr. Kevorkian’s accountant
WES JACKSON p. 14
A way of knowing
ROBERT REICH p. 14
Wall Street reform stuck in reverse
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
No bubbly for the jobless
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Gratitude time
DEAN BAKER p. 15
Citigroup needs China, we don’t
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Embrace the falling dollar
MARGIE BURNS p. 16
New Jersey’s politicized prosecutions
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Public options and private interests
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
US in Afghanistan: Good help hard to find
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Grading Obama on domestic policy
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Leticia X is human
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
All the populism money can buy
DON ROLLINS p. 18
Goodbye, grunts
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Barney Frank and planet of the banks
TED RALL p. 19
Drop the drones
SAM SMITH p. 20
The end of politics
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Who wants to be a celebrity?
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Showtime catching up with HBO
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Why the NFL said no to Rush Limbaugh
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trick or treat for climate change
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Life too short to be unhappy
MITCH KAIDY p. 22
Cheneys would keep America a target
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Award now, peace later
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Returning to the trough
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This page posted October 30, 2009