The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
February 15, 2010 -- Volume 16, Number 3


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Massachusetts lesson: Do the right thing

EDITORIAL p. 2
Money talks politics; Don’t back down on health

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Reining in the gods of the Fed; Supreme coup; Obama’s decline; Tax Wall Street bonuses; Twisted ethics of secrets
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Help Haiti help itself

DISPATCHES p. 5
Dems move toward health reform fix ...

CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
New airport policy: Grin and bare it
ALAN KESSELHEIM p. 6
In considering future, include Plan B
GENE LYONS p. 7
Buffering the GOP noise machine
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Dem corporatism brings Reagan back
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Senate should get rid of insane filibuster
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Extend bank tax to do the business
JOE CONASON p. 9
What would the GOP do?
JOAN WALSH p. 9
Learning wrong lessons from the Bay State
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
‘Hope’ has been a bust; it’s time for Hope 2.0
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Expectations crisis gives Obama opportunities

NORMAN SOLOMON p. 11
Democrats boosting right-wing populism

JOHN CAVANAGH p. 11
Change is tougher than hope
ANGELA BLACKWELL p. 11
One man can’t fix a broken country
GREG PALAST p. 12
Manchurian candidates

DAVID COBB p. 12
Abolish corporate personhood, save democracy

ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 13
Shed a tear for our democracy

DORIS ‘GRANNY D’ HADDOCK p. 13
Defend democracy against corporate state

FROMA HARROP p. 14
Real miracle happened four years ago
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Recovery takes more than bank handouts
SCOTT KLINGER p. 14
If corporations were human, they’d die

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Addiction: Moral failing or disease?

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Retirees pay for bank stimulus

ROBERT REICH p. 15
Thank Scott Brown for bank crackdown
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Specter of endless war

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
New Clinton presidency

D.H. KERBY p. 16
Bloggers are seeking protection as journos

JUAN COLE p. 17
Let’s give credit where it’s due
JOHN BUELL p. 17
Obligations to Haiti

AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Saving Haiti, saving humanity
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Richly deserved humiliation
DON ROLLINS p. 18
Shaping history

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Rein in the out-of-control
TED RALL p. 19
Obama will drag down Dems in November
MICHAEL LIND p. 20
I blame cable TV
AJAMU DILLAHUNT p. 20
Aid tilts to the white
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Cable channels factionalize us

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Nurse Jackie’ twists

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
King and sports
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Tè Tremblé — Haitian earth trembled
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Arousing alarm is easy
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Race and the rapture
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Credit card user’s revenge of sorts


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