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April 14, 2008 Issue

Maude Barlow on water wars, Alexander Cockburn on Barack Obama, Calvin Trillin on John McCain…

Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

A Modern Government

We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.

The Way Forward

The New Deal demonstrated the power of government to address failures of the market, and to retreat once it was no longer needed

It’s a Scandal, All Right

Media pundits and bloggers bloviate when journalists make mistakes. But where is their outrage over the biggest fraud of all: the way the media followed Bush to war?

Column

An Unreported Scandal

The Bush Administration has presided over the highest run-up in military spending since World War II. As our economy collapses, why can't the media connect the dots?

Letters

Feature

India: What Ails the Giant?

The west routinely celebrates the Indian economy as a stirring giant, but the worsening plight of the rural poor tells a different story: A conversation with Prabhat Patnaik.

The Lessons of Basra

The latest round of Iraq's Shiite vs. Shiite civil war was to have been Bush's defining moment. The result: utter humiliation for the US and the Iraqi government.

Unlawful Influence at Gitmo

Lieut. Cmdr. Brian Mizer has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Salim Hamdan, in light of new evidence documenting the improper involvement of political appointees.

Girl Talk

This week's episode of Citizen Kang: The Congresswoman and a lobbyist get down with some cuisine and chat about evildoers, while the game's afoot in other quarters.

Water Warriors

Not everyone considers access to water to be a human right. A global water justice movement is changing that notion.

Is This the Big One?

The blowback of housing deflation on our overleveraged financial markets has seriously constricted the flow of credit--the lifeblood of the world's largest debtor economy.

Books & the Arts

A Modern Government

We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.

The Way Forward

The New Deal demonstrated the power of government to address failures of the market, and to retreat once it was no longer needed

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