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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Size matters when it comes to jobs
EDITORIAL p. 2
Grab that loaf; Dismantle the filibuster
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
How’s our economy doing?; CEOs sacrifice workers, enriching themselves; Obama’s war; Obama miring us in Absurdistan; Credit-rating finaglers freed by meek Congress
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Buy local food; in Illinois, it’s the law
DISPATCHES p. 5
Obama cranks up populist rhetoric; ACORN rising; Conrad eyes ‘entitlement’ cuts; Social Security privatization zombie rises; Senate races take shape; Dems rebound ...
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
Nobody can take Christ out of Xmas
RANDY UDALL p. 6
Copenhagen and new American reality
JIM GOODMAN p. 6
Broken promises to farmers dangerous
GENE LYONS p. 7
Getting real in Afghanistan
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Political moral hazard
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Take off the transportation blinders
BOB BURNETT p. 8
Has Obama sold out?
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Blame Bernanke
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 9
A little bit of Wall Street reform
BILL GATES Sr. & CHUCK COLLINS p. 9
Estate tax recycling economic opportunity
MICHAEL LIND p. 10
Shocking news: The world is stable!
JANE ANNE MORRIS p. 11
‘Free trade’ footprint a decade after Seattle
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 11
Mr. President, war is not peace
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 12
Obama’s ‘No exit’ strategy
JUAN COLE p. 12
Five ways Obama can redeem his Nobel
JOE CONASON p. 13
ACORN videos were propaganda
MATT HOLLAND p. 13
Vote before we deploy
FROMA HARROP p. 14
‘Socialized medicine’? Whatever
RICH STOCKWELL p. 14
Health reform’s human stories
ART CULLEN p. 14
Political brilliance
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
More words on the A word
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Why not free trade for drugs?
ROBERT REICH p. 15
Meet your new health insurance overlords
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Climate security
JANET REDMAN p. 16
Climate scams won’t save the planet
ALLEN BEST p. 16
Reclamation Bureau tries to hold what it’s built
BILL CULLEN p. 17
Protesters gather to close School of Americas
JOHN BUELL p. 17
‘Virtual’ virtuous war
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Brazil differences with US unavoidable, positive
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Western Civilization: To be or not to be
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
For Obama, progressivism petered out
JOHN NICHOLS p. 18
Plan to curb speculation and create jobs
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
‘Just war’ is just words
TED RALL p. 19
Empty gesture of Copenhagen
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Apolitical blues
DON ROLLINS p. 20
Just sign here
MARGIE BURNS p. 21
Cheney stonewalled CIA probe
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Obama: You can’t have Muhammad Ali
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Take me to your climate leader
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Republicans play Scrooge, minus change
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Tiger Woods discovers his true friends
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
House payments deranged
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This page posted December 17, 2009