September 20, 2004 Volume 28, Issue 21
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September 20, 2004
Viewpoint
Keyes’ Ideological Quest
Salim Muwakkil
Coming This Fall…
Susan J. Douglas
The Grand Delusion
Cynthia Moothart
Feature
Audacious and Hopeful
David Moberg
Sum of a Glitch
Bev Harris
Hindering America’s Vote
Steven Hill
Party Hacks
Hans Johnson
Dispatch
Protest Protector
Phoebe Connelly
Deathly Silence
Eric Reeves
Chávez Hits a Home Run
Steve Ellner
Culture
The Statistical Christs
Jefferson Decker
Up From the Wackness
Chris Blose
Spin’s the Thing
Michael Atkinson
We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore
Garrison Keillor
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Culture
The Statistical Christs
Jefferson Decker
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Culture
Up From the Wackness
Chris Blose
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Viewpoint
Keyes’ Ideological Quest
Salim Muwakkil
Culture
Spin’s the Thing
Michael Atkinson
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Dispatch
Protest Protector
Phoebe Connelly
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Dispatch
Deathly Silence
The growing genocide in Darfur testifies to the world’s disgrace
Eric Reeves
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Culture
We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore
How did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty transmogrify into the party of Newt Gingrich’s evil spawn and their Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured body parts trying to walk?
Garrison Keillor
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Dispatch
Chávez Hits a Home Run
Venezuela’s embattled president calls his own shot by winning the recall election
Steve Ellner
Viewpoint
Coming This Fall…
Susan J. Douglas
Viewpoint
The Grand Delusion
Cynthia Moothart