The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
August 15, 2011 -- Volume 17, Number 14


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Dave Jamieson p. 1
Violence hangs over Colombia trade deal

EDITORIAL p. 2
The ‘No Deal’ Congress

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Right-wing jobs program for America; Must we eat bluebird of happiness?; Good ship Goldman sails for Singapore; Pathetic party of petulance; Corporate thieves ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
More pork in Washington than Chicago BOT

DISPATCHES p. 5
Can’t fill deficit without taxes; ‘Dream’ movement moves forward; Senate outlook; ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
What happened to the jobs?
BEN LONG p. 6
Famous or obscure, rivers are priceless
GEORGE NAYLOR p. 6
Global farm crash looms
GENE LYONS p. 7
A party divorced from sanity
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The terrorist threat we’re ignoring
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Health insurers’ errors wasting billions
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Progressisves should oppose payroll tax cut
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 8
Wayward trade organization

JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Dems win recall as Walker tanks in polls
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
The Gang of Six’s raw deal
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 10
Gang of 70 stands for Medicare, Social Security
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Progressives left standing alone

BOB BURNETT p. 10
Lost in space: decline of American spirit

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
From DSK to BSkyB
ROBERT REICH p. 11
Rise of wrecking-ball right
ROBERT SCHEER p. 11
Sorry Elizabeth, Wall Street said no
ROGER BYBEE p. 12
States can’t win ‘business climate’ game
DAVID ELLIOT p. 12
GOP honeymoon is over
ELLEN BROWN p. 13
States hope to save local lending from big banks
PETER WEISS p. 13
Justice Department gives torturers a pass
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Economic divide splits America
JANET REDMAN p. 14
Climate change spreads across the country
DON ROLLINS p. 14
Progressivism and its consequences

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Republicans unready to govern

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Medical skullduggery in Medtronic clinics

MELINDA HEMMELGARN p. 15
Monstanto disguises propaganda as P.R.

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Don’t look now, Abe

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Democracy and the polls

DANNY SCHECHTER p. 16
Mandela’s legacy is debated

MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Why the Euro is not worth saving
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
All the publisher’s men
JEFF BIGGERS p. 18
Arizona launches border wall, starves schools
WILL DURST p. 18
Congress skulks on debt ceiling
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Corporate Supreme Court
TED RALL p. 19
Foreclosed houses infested by mold
DAN MORGAN p. 20
US House adopts short-sighted farm policy
BOOK/Kristian Williams p. 20
Crash comics course in economics

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Big labels no longer rule music business

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Dr. John mixes politics and pleasure

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFL Players emerge from lockout as victors
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Murdoch doesn’t eat humble pie
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Bishop’s ban slows race for the cure
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Sleazy corporate holiday
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Tea partier’s lament

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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