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'The Nation's' List of Most Valuable Progressives of 2005

Who are the Most Valuable Progressives of 2005 in the opinion of John Nichols, in his Online Beat for The Nation? For readers of this intelligent, out-spoken Magazine who may have missed it, I have reposted the link here, and also a few more interesting items from The Nation.

This year that began with George W. Bush bragging about spending the "political capital" he felt he had earned with his dubious reelection is ending with the president drowning in the Nixonian depths of public disapproval. And, as John Nichols reminds us in The Online Beat, a handful of elected officials, activist groups and courageous citizens had much to do with the unraveling of the Republican program in 2005. So check out Nichols' list of Most Valuable Progressives of the year.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=45342

And don't miss "Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy," Nichols' new book with co-author and Nation contributor Robert McChesney. http://www.buzzflash.com/premiums/05/10/pre05143.html

Katrina vanden Heuvel says that the I-word has moved from the marginal to the mainstream. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=45006

Robert Scheer asks why it's not bigger news that "Dr. Germ" and "Mrs. Anthrax" have been quietly released from imprisonment without any charges being brought by their US captors?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060109/scheer1228

Daphne Eviatar looks at Bolivia's new homegrown president.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060109/eviatar

John Nichols remembers the Christmas Truce.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=44799

Joshua Freeman argues against the lie that abstract, neutral economic necessity, not the ideas and interests of the rich and powerful, are driving the demolition of what remains of social solidarity. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060109/freeman

David Corn says Bush becomes a liberal when it comes to claiming existing laws grant him king-like powers, such as snooping on Americans without a warrant.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=44922

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