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 Vol. 074 Issue 011 (November 1 2010)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 EDITOR'S NOTE
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild Obama Comes to Town I tried to see President Obama speak when he came to Madison on September 28. But I didn't get down to the event in time to be allowed...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment What Planet Is Beck on? Glenn Beck compared Obama's America to "the damn Planet of the Apes" during a rant against the President's talk at an AFL-CIO meeting. Beck made the comparison...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Berry, Wendell; Luttmann, Rick; Schumacher, Paul; Crain, Matthew
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Letters to the Editor Wendell Berry on Work The Progressive, in the September issue, both in Matthew Rothschild's "Editor's Note" and in the article by John de Graaf ("Less Work, More Life"),...
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COMMENT
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Conniff, Ruth
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Comment "If we don't spend now on healthy food, we will like¬ly spend much, much more later treating a genera¬tion of children with diet-related health problems like diabetes." —Jill Richardson,...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line Rights Sandwiched In Minneapolis Workers at ten Minneapolis area Jimmy John's sandwich shops are attempting to organize a union and have filed for a National Labor Relations Board...
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AN ELEGANT AMERICAN
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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Open Space Terry Tempest Williams An Elegant American and a balance of nature. Consider his legacy: Udall was a driving force in both the writing and passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act, which...
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GREAT INVENTIONS
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Galeano, Eduardo
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The Upside-Down World Eduardo Galeano Great Inventions son, he took charge of the demolition and reconstruction of Iraq to benefit Halliburton, ever close to his gener¬ous heart. In mid-2009,...
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RAGE ERUPTS IN L. A.
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Rodriguez, Luis J.
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Writing to America Luis J. Rodriguez Rage Erupts in L.A. were "angels descended from heav¬en," people booed and yelled "justi- cia" according to L.A. Weekly. Beck told the media that he was...
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HOMEOWNERS OUT IN THE COLD
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Nguyen, Tram
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By Tram Nguyen Illustration by Koren Shadmi Homeowners out in the Cold A NTHONY AND ANISSA ALLEN thought they had achieved the most important step for their young family's future when...
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NOT JUST JELL-O ANYMORE:
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Eisen, Marc
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By Marc Eisen Illustration by Devon Bowman Marc Eisen is a freelance writer in Madison, Wisconsin. for the small farmers who fill it. Take Jim and Alison Deutsch. Both thirty-two, they are...
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BURMA'S SHAM ELECTIONS
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Ebadi, Shirin; Williams, Jody
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By Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams Illustration by Kelly Mudge Burma's Sham Elections E LECTIONS IN BURMA ARE scheduled for November 7. The military government claims that this is a step...
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PALESTINIAN MIC CHECK
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Erlich, Reese
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By Reese Erlich Illustration by Justin Renteria Palestinian Mic Check I HEAD OUT FOR AN APPOINTMENT with TNT. That's the hip-hop name of Palestinian rapper Mohammed Turk. He walks me...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW WITH W. S. MERWIN
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Rampell, Ed
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW W. S. Merwin T he new poet laureate of the United States is W. S. Merwin. When I called the Library of Congress in order to contact Merwin, a staffer expressed the...
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POEM
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Schmidt, Lauren
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Poem Manny For Manny and all other visitors of The Dining Room, Eugene, Oregon, 2009 Manny got a job today. After nine months of pushing peas around his plate, eyes he could not bear to lift,...
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THE JOB OF LAUGHTER
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Clinton, Kate
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Unplugged Kate Clinton The Job of Laughter tulated that the body can't tell the dif¬ference between voluntary or invol¬untary laughter. He then tested his hypothesis by asking random passers- by...
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USC'S TARNISHED TROPHY
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin USC's Tarnished Trophy Did he go to a school where sexu¬al assaults against women were winked upon by the athletic depart¬ment? No. That would be the Corn- huskers of...
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THE TOLL OF OVERREACHING
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Pal, Amitabh
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Books The Toll of Overreaching Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War By Andrew J. Bacevich Metropolitan. 304pages. $25. By Amitabh Pal A ndrew Bacevich's scathing critique of...
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THE PAMPERED ONES
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Hightower, Jim
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Vox Populist Jim Hightower The Pampered Ones This attitude was expressed in a recent letter to The New York Times by a guy with the rather foppish name of Mr. Standish M. Fleming. He deplored any...
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