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COVER/Matt Duss p. 1
Neocon hawks learned nothing from Iraq
EDITORIAL p. 2
Fear strikes home
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Mediocre candidates and corporate cash storm Iowa; Organize for 2012; Shoveling America’s wealth to the top; America: beacon of social justice?; Congress’ 9%
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Support your local dairy
DISPATCHES p. 5
Romney leads flight south; Romney twists job creation stats; Mitt’s mendacity monitor; Huckabee chides GOP Obamania; Santorum’s most outrageous statements; Medicare still more efficient than private insurance ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
USA says ‘nuts’ to Iran
JIM GOODMAN p. 6
Occupy should target food system
SARAH GILMAN p. 6
Toxic Montana pit challenges wildlife
DON ROLLINS p. 7
End of Iraq reminiscent of Vietnam
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Banana Republicans’ assault on democracy
GENE LYONS p. 7
Even when Paul’s right, he’s wrong
ROBERT REICH p. 9
Election: Obama-Clinton vs Romney-Rubio
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 9
‘Citizens United’ downs Newt, and us
MARK ENGLER p. 9
Occupy movement rebels on Internet
ROBERT CREAMER p. 10
Iowa results are bad news for GOP
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Conservatives take aim at Constitution
MATT PEARCE p. 11
Occupy Iowa makes noise at Iowa caucus
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Occupy Wall Street changes national debate
CIARA TORRES-SPELLISCY p. 12
Montana rejects ‘Citizens United’ ruling
DEAN BAKER p. 12
Weaker dollar creates more jobs than pipeline
DAVID MORRIS p. 13
Occupy giving: close charity tax deduction
JUDGE H. LEE SAROKIN p. 13
Could ‘free speech’ destroy democracy?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
In Iowa, old white cons faced bad choices
JAMES MOORE p. 14
Rick Perry: the candidate who never was
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Voter suppression, super PACs cloud election
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Repubs court Jewish vote with little success
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Contraception vs. laissez-faire economics
ANDREW LEONARD p. 15
President Obama plays recess hardball
JOHN BUELL p. 16
1% market fake American dream
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The uses and misuses of history
RAUL A. REYES p. 17
HB 56 shocks Alabama agriculture
CHRISTINE GOFREDDO p. 17
‘Secure communities’ plan isolates immigrants
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Women fill lesser roles in Asian businesses
ROGER BYBEE p. 18
Wis. labor looking for Walker challenger
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Congress OK with 5% in new poll
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Obama signed on the bottom line
TED RALL p. 19
Politics will be fought in the streets in ’12
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
The politics of lowered expectations
JIM VAN DER POL p. 20
Honesty in short supply in Washington
BOB BURNETT p. 20
Recounting best and worst of 2011 politics
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Good movies buried by Hollywood machine
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Hipsters try to make it in Manhattan
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The year I learned to hate college football
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Women still targeted in US and abroad
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Republicans divided, citizens united
DONALD KAUL p. 23
South Carolina on my mind
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The economist’s song
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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