COVER/Michael Lind
Obama turns attention from Iraq to Asia
EDITORIAL
The battle is joined
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Bugs, biotech salesmen pester farmers
DISPATCHES
Saul Alinsky — the ‘radical’ Republicans love to hate;
States lag in health care overhaul;
Big GOP wants to shut down Newt;
Occupy inspires Newt;
Working-class voters souring on Romney;
Union targets ‘job cremator’ Romney;
Gingrich dodges Medicare tax;
Trumka to Justice Dept.: Probe banks ...
BILL JOHNSTON
Many Catholics don’t follow ‘holy’ orders
DON ROLLINS
Hitchens made the zombies think
BOB BURNETT
Tea Partiers just can’t stand Romney
JOEL JOSEPH
Obama touts free trade deals
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Medical debt is the trifecta of misery
SAM URETSKY
Narcotics laws don’t make pharmacies safe
JOHN BUELL
GOP sheds tears for oppressed wealthy
ALLAN BRAWLEY
Stand with unions against workers’ enemies
SETH SANDRONSKY
Charter schools grow amid questions
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Neocons prepare for war in Iran
POPULIST PICKS
Muslims become common folk in Dearborn