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 Vol. 076 Issue 008 (August 1 2012)
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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 After Defeat On the brutal night of June 5 in Wisconsin, I was stuck in a local TV studio watching the results of the unsuccessful recall of Governor Scott Walker,...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Gun Wars Congressional candidate Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher claims that restrictions of gun sales caused the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide, reports Raw Story. “In 1911...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letters to the Editor Use Diplomacy The article in the June issue by Amitabh Pal, “Don’t Bomb Iran” (Comment), makes many good arguments. However, I would add one other: Iran already has the...
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COMMENT
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Comment Austerity Politics If God, Guns, and Gays glued together the Republican coalition for the last few Presidential elections, this year rightwing politicians have switched from social issues...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line No to NATO Chicago Thousands of protesters headed to the Windy City to rally against militarism during the NATO summit in May. For more information, go to...
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BREAKING THE RICH-POOR ALLIANCE
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Conniff, Ruth
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Breaking the Rich-Poor Alliance Political Eye Ruth Conniff It was a tough night in downtown Madison. The scene around the Capitol building on June 5 was wonderfully familiar: the firefighters with...
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IT ALL TURNS ON AFFECTION
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Berry, Wendell
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It All Turns on Affection By Wendell Berry Illustration by Alex Nabaum ONE NIGHT IN THE WINTER of 1907, at what we have always called “the home place” in Henry County Kentucky my father, then six...
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CONYERS AT CAREER'S END?
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Lusane, Clarence
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Conyers at Career’s End? By Clarence Lusane Illustration by Jacqui Oakley TIME MAY BE RUNNING OUT on John Conyers, one of the most venerable members of Congress. He’s a veteran leader of both the...
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SURVEYING HAPPINESS
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Graaf, Laura Musikanski And John De
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Surveying Happiness By Laura Musikanski and John de Graaf Illustration by Aleks Sennwald HAPPINESS IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN VALUE, ENSHRINED IN the Declaration of Independence. Still, it’s not...
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Night Watch
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Rodriguez, Darryl Holliday and E. N.
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Night Watch Darryl Holliday and E. N....
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THE NYPD'S FILE ON ME
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Flaherty, Jordan
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The NYPD’s File on Me First Person Singular by Jordan Flaherty ISHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED. I KNEW ABOUT COINTELPRO AND its infiltration of the Black Panthers and the American Indian Movement. I...
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CENK UYGUR
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Rampell, Ed
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Cenk Uygur THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Ed Rampell With his satellite talk radio, cable T V, and YouTube programs, Cenk Uygur has emerged as a cutting-edge commentator. He may be best known as the...
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SISTER ACT
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Clinton, Kate
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Sister Act Unplugged Kate Clinton PB "W/'e can n ever be W p erfec tly ha ppy I on this Earth. That’s ^H why God made heavA I en,” Sister Teresa, my ^^^^m advanced...
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LIABILITY
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Zirin, Dave
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National Football Liability Edge of Sports Dave Zirin It’s the largest lawsuit in the history of professional sports. More than 2,000 former NFL players—including Hall of Famers and household...
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POEM
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Murrey, Matthew
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Poem Fireflies Night falls dark as new, blue denim, and fireflies dot the yard with yellow-green sparks. They’re seeking mates, but my boys are watching, too; hunt them with tennis...
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BOOKS
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Smith, Jordan Michael
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Books Chronicler of the Underclass Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America By Jonathan Kozol Crown. 368 pages. $27. By Jordan Michael Smith Jonathan Kozol is...
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SNARLING BANKERS
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Hightower, Jim
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Snarling Bankers Vox Populist Jim Hightower Very few Americans on this side of the ATM machine think the biggest problem in Washington is that the moneychangers don’t have enough clout. But,...
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