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 Vol. 074 Issue 004 (April 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 The Molly Ivins Story When Barack Obama gave his W “this is it” speech on health care reform on March 3, he took a gratuitous slap at advocates of a single-payer...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The Center for Responsive Politics reports that 44 percent of members of Congress are millionaires. Of the 237 millionaire legislators, at least seven...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letters to the Editor Tea Party Reaction Chip Berlet’s “Taking Tea Partiers Seriously’” is right on target (February issue). Some progressives are impatient out of false class...
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COMMENT
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Comment Foreign Policy Adrift When it comes to international affairs, the Obama Administration has produced a series of disappointments. Its record is one of broken or half-kept promises. One area...
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ON THE LINE
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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On the Line Na’vi and Goliath Bilin, West Bank Palestinian demonstrators dressed as Na’vi from the movie Avatar at a protest at the West Bank separation wall on February 5. The activists scored a...
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FELON OR FOLK HERO?
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Felon or Folk Hero? It was the kind of lead I dreamed of as a Utah resident but could never have imagined appearing on the front page of The Salt Lake Tribune: “He didn’t pour sugar into a...
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CORPORATIONS AREN'T PERSONS AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
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Nielsen, Kirk
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Corporations Aren’t Persons Amend the Constitution By Matthew Rothschild Illustration by Tim Bower ON FEBRUARY 16, ABOUT200 people gathered on the steps of the Wisconsin state capitol. “It’s...
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AN EVENING WITH ALAN GRAYSON
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Giammarise, Kate
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An Evening with Alan Grayson By Kirk Nielsen Illustration by Zachary Pullen ON A WET, BLUSTERY FRIDAY night in Orlando, Representative Alan Grayson is on stage at Sea World, looking like a funky...
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IDLE TALK, IDLE PLANTS
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Bader, Eleanor J.
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Idle Talk, Idle Plants By Kate Giammarise Illustration by Jeremy Traum THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT of emotions for Larry Wargo when he drives by the former Ford Lorain assembly plant. It’s not far...
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MEET FOLK ARTIST MALCAH ZELDIS
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Gordon, Suzanne
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Meet Folk Artist Malcah Zeldis By Eleanor J. Bader When renowned folk artist Malcah Zeldis was growing up in 1930s Detroit, she was constantly on the lookout for heroes. But it wasn’t until she...
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EDIE FALCO
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Carter, John Randolph
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Edie Falco THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Suzanne Gordon I’ve been writing about nursing for almost twenty-five years and finally a TV show is getting it right: Nurse Jackie, with former Sopranos...
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POEM
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Durst, Will
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Poem My List of Things to Do 1. Milk the dog. 2. Turn in your neighbor for a reward. 3. Be culpable. 4. Wreak havoc with the Bureau of Animal Control. 5. Relax so much that you...
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THE ORIGINAL PALM PILOT
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Zirin, Dave
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The Original Palm Pilot Afew words of iladvice for all you anti-Obama conservatives out there. Quit it with the whole teleprompter fixation, would ya? OK, OK, we get it, you don’t like the...
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OLYMPIC FRAUD
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Hari, Johann
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Olympic Fraud It was called the “Own the Podium” campaign, Canada’s efforts to win enough gold medals to make Ron Paul defect. Its zeal for gold meant such sporting practices as locking athletes...
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BOOKS
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Hightower, Jim
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Books Keynes for Today Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky PublicAffairs. 240 pages. $25.95. by Johann Hari From the smoking rubble of Wall Street and its market fundamentalism...
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JUDICIAL FABRICATORS
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Judicial Fabricators EAs you’ve probably ilheard, corporations are now “people”—humanoids that are equivalent to you and me. This miraculous metamorphosis happened on January 21. Accompanied by a...
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