The Progressive POPULIST

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August 1, 2011 -- Volume 17, Number 13


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COVER/Sam Stein p. 1
Tea Partiers chase pork

EDITORIAL p. 2
Rebuild the dream

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Massey’s manmade hellhole; Debt ceiling hypocrisy; Corporate hoggishness; Unanswered question: why?; Michigan locals fight for democracy
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Promises worth keeping

DISPATCHES p. 5
Galbraith: Debt ‘crisis’ catastrophe either way; Sanders: Wealthy must share deficit reduction; Medicare not ‘bankrupt’; Medicaid matters; Brit phone hack scandal puts heat on Murdoch ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
The people want higher taxes
WILLIAM DEBUYS p. 6
Why the Southwest is burning
LINDA M. HASSELSTROM p. 6
Tuning out and finding local
GENE LYONS p. 7
GOP turns its back on Reagan
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Shining the spotlight on corporate pay
DON ROLLINS p. 7
Mental illness and new moon shot

ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
Foul deal: What if R’s take yes for answer
ANDREW LEONARD p. 9
The final nail in the supply-side coffin
HAL CROWTHER p. 10
Ayn Rand: Right’s weirdest idol of all

DEAN BAKER p. 10
Germany’s short-work policy keeps jobs
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Greek protests not about austerity
ROGER BYBEE p. 12
Gov. Walker’s budget battering ram

KAY TILLOW p. 12
One Montana’s Medicare-for-All coverage
S. KLINGER & H. SKLAR p. 13
Working people pick up corporate tab
ROBERT SCHEER p. 13
Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: a love story
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Give veterans real job-hunt help
MARK ENGLER p. 14
O’Reilly shows palm trees in Wisconsin
JOHN NICHOLS p. 14
Wisconsin poised to renew progressive legacy
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Principles override people

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Republicans flunk Economics 101

ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 15
Excessive oil speculation: Wall St. taxes us

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The adult conversation

JOHN BUELL p. 16
The fire next time

BRENT BUDOWSKY p. 17
Repatriate jobs before foreign profits
ROBERT REICH p. 17
Growing desperation of the rich crowd
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
India goes ahead with nukes despite alarms

MARGIE BURNS p. 18
Bad times for plant closings

RAUL REYES p. 18
Alabama targets immigrants
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Social democracy is dead
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Debating taboos
TED RALL p. 19
Guilty after proven innocent
JIM CULLEN p. 20
Netroots activists target corporate campaigns

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Curtis Hanson scores again in ‘Too Big to Fail’

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Truth stronger than fiction

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NBA hopes players can save owners
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
‘Food terrorism’ next to Disney
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Michele Bachmann is no flake
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Loose American screws
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Old folks power

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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