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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Twilight of the pale patriarchs
EDITORIAL p. 2
Collateral damage
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Ballot-measure democracy a notable success in 2012; Deep in ‘Taxpayer Relief Act; Warning: a new intrusive swarm coming our way; Two mass media favorites fall out of favor; Is nothing sacred to frackers?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Nation needs to invest in mental health again
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans grab disaster relief at home but oppose Sandy relief; GOP croc on payroll tax hike; Funny what fascinates D.C. media; FreedomWorks paid Beck and Limbaugh; Killings increase in ‘Stand Your Ground’ states ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Left should know, Obama did good
JIM GOODMAN p. 6
Biotech will live again in new ag bill
JUDITH LEWIS MERNIT p. 6
Producing more power means using water
GENE LYONS p. 7
Americans must stop stigmatizing mental illness
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Homeownership support shouldn’t be subsidy
E. SCHWARTZ GRECO & W. COLLINS p. 7
The public school business
MATT STOLLER p. 9
Eight corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Can America curb gun violence?
DON ROLLINS p. 9
Oregon legislators chase Nike and ‘win’
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Most valuable progressives for 2012
ROBERT B. REICH p. 10
Fiscal cliff deal won’t end war between parties
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
New Year’s resolutions I’d like to hear
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The fiscal cliff deal: who got thrown off?
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
New nukes, same as the old nukes
JOAN WALSH p. 12
Biggest fiscal cliff lessons
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
An ugly deal
MIKE LUX p. 13
Winning victories among the mess
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
A time to renew
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
University research, sold out
ROBERT SCHEER p. 14
Cerberus collected ex-government opportunists
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Facts of reproductive life
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Empty bottles won’t pay for quality health care
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 15
Fixing the economy: a new focus for Congress
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The fellow behind the tree
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The fiscal cliff and other imaginary monsters
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 17
Attention Walmart shoppers
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
US military needs to leave Afghanistan
JOE CONASON p. 18
Fiscal deal passes as GOP clown car crashes
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Gays, in fact, saved marriage
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel p. 18
Put end to NRA’s fraud on American public
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
It is easier than you think
TED RALL p. 19
We don’t have the right to care
MEDEA BENJAMIN p. 20
Ten of my favorite things about 2012
E. GUSTAFSON & D. NIERENBERG p. 20
13 resolutions to change the food system
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Surrender to the digital revolution
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
2012: the year our sports broke
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Obama’s resolution: protect the status quo
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
We are better than this
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Our nation, on its knees
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A tea party so long song
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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