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Vol. 072 Issue 003 (April 1 2008)
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Vol. 072 Issue 004 (April 1 2008)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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Don't Worry About Ralph
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Editor’s Note Matthew Rothschild Don’t Worry About Ralph I know a lot of people hold grudges against Ralph Nader for Al Gore’s defeat in 2000, and I’m not going to deny he played some role. But...
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Letters
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Letters to the Editor Edwards Spoke for Me Ruth Conniff’s article “Edwards, the Populist” speaks for me (February issue). I worked for Edwards in New Hampshire. I cannot shift to Hillary for the...
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A Faulty Stimulus
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Comment A Faulty Stimulus YOu’ll probably be getting your rebate check soon from George W. Bush. Go ahead and cash it, and spend it, too, preferably at a locally owned business. The economy needs...
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No Comment
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No Comment Media Blackout Viewers in Alabama were unable to watch a 60 Minutes segment on former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, who was jailed for corruption last June. WHNT-TV said it was caused...
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Olympic Ruin
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Olympic Ruin This August, the Olympics land on Beijing, to the thrill of market-driven autocracies everywhere. China and its corporate partners will use the summer games...
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My Father's Party
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Rodríguez, Luis J.
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Writing to America Luis J. Rodriguez My Father’s Party My father was a Republican. Anybody who knows me may find this hard to believe. You could not find an apple as far away from the tree as the...
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Obama's Tricky Details
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Conniff, Ruth
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Political Eye Ruth Conniff Obama’s Tricky Details John McCain drove home why the Democrats want Barack Obama to be their nominee the night of the Wisconsin primary. Looking like grumpy old gramps,...
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Paradoxes and Misnomers
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Galeano, Eduardo
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The Upside-Down World Eduardo Galeano Paradoxes and Misnomers History is an errant paradox. It is the contradictions that keep its legs moving. When they were evicted from the Garden of Eden,...
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On the Line
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On the Line Witness for Justice Alan Pogue began taking photographs during the Vietnam War, prompted by “an urge to record what .shocked me as well as what was beautiful.” His new book, Witness...
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Winter Soldiers Sound Off
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Jamail, Dahr
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By Dahr Jamail Illustration by Sam Weber Winter Soldiers Sound Off Jason Moon suffers from persistent insomnia as he wrestles with memories of his time in Iraq. “While on our initial convoy into...
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They Can't Just Walk All Over Us
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Lydersen, Kari
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By Kari Lydersen Illustration by Alex Nabaum They Can’t Just Walk All Over Us Farmers Resist a Pipeline Carlisle Kelly saved money from his Amtrak job for years to buy one of the last remaining...
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John Edgar Wideman
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Law, Violet
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Violet Law John Edgar Wideman As American novelists go, few have had the foresight of John Edgar Wideman. In March 2003, hours before President Bush broadcast his...
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Careful What You Wish For
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Durst, Will
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Off the Map Will Durst Careful What You Wish For This is a tale of two California gubernatorial elections whose seismic aftershocks can still be felt today. The first was in 1966. Democratic...
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Charlie Haden's Progressions
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Lewis, Andrea
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By Andrea Lewis Charlie Haden’s Progressions I Illustration by Andrea Ventura really don’t stay in categories,” says Charlie Haden. “I follow the beauty of music and where it takes me.” During...
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There is No Fried Chicken in Heaven
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Thomas, Truth
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Poem There is No Fried Chicken in Heaven (after Gerald Stern) In all these bank glass pawn shops in all this wounded hardware I have never seen a broader bottomed boom box nor heard Kirk...
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A Role for Religion
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Haslanger, Phil
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Books A Role for Religion The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America By Jim Wallis HarperOne. 352 pages. $25.95. Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics...
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Don't Ask The Experts
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Hightower, Jim
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The Lowdown Jim Hightower Don’t Ask The Experts They say you should never ask a barber if you need a haircut. Likewise, never ask the geniuses in charge of our economy if things are going well,...
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