^#smrgDERGİ The Progressive Magazine - July 2005, Vol: 69, Number: 7

4 Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild 6 Letters 8 Comment When Pensions Go Bust 10 No Comment Columns 11 Barbara Ehrenreich says do not resuscitate the U.S. health care system. 14 Nat Hentoff questions Bush's coziness with Sudan. 15 On the Line Cover 19 Stripping Rumsfeld and Bush of Impunity Matthew Rothschild As a last resort, Amnesty International wants foreign govern-ments to apprehend the Secretary of Defense and the President for war crimes. Feature 26 A Negroponte Postscript Paul Laverty The trouble started when I called the National Intelligence Director a human rights denier, says the screenwriter. 28 Mexico's Historic Protest John Ross A million people marched in Mexico City in defense of its beleaguered mayor and presidential hopeful, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Culture 32 Virtual Combat Andrea Lewis The latest in joystick warfare combines blasting guns and melodrama. 35 Poem Sam Hamill 37 Kate Clinton demands her Gay TV. Interview 39 Barbara Boxer Ruth Conniff "The right wing is marching the Republican Party off a cliff," says the Democratic Senator from California. 45 Books Amitabh Pal takes on Thomas Friedman. 50 Molly Ivins straddles the Red State-Blue Stare divide.