Jim Hightower

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.

You Have a Constitutional Right to Vote. Right?

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

Your vote is sacred, we’re told; it’s your fundamental constitutional right, for God’s sake! Or is it? Every election day, media outlets, candidates and political establishments practically shout … Read more

A ‘Locally Grown’ Thanksgiving

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

“Locally grown” is developing the cachet of wholesomeness that “organically grown” once carried. Harry Truman said: “No man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” The problem with … Read more

The Virginia Model

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

In recent years, fake news articles have declared that critical race theory is ruining public education, thus spawning the “Virginia model.” One particularly noisy piece of the GOP’s … Read more

The Shame of Modern Corporate Management

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

Modern corporate management awards zero “productivity points” for thinking, conferring with colleagues, listening to customers, etc. For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the … Read more

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