Global exchange: with globalization shaping up to be the next political showdown, Walter Russell Mead's argument that progressives shouldn't fight the global economy at every turn struck quite a chord. Responses ranged from accusations of apostasy to cautious praise. Plus: Mead responds; bitter pills; the land of milk and dioxins

Shame on Walter Russell Mead--and Mother Jones. At a time when bipartisan opposition to President Clinton's flawed international trade policies is growing in Congress, it is shocking to find progressive [...]