Where Trump’s Kakistocracy Can Find a Good Farm Policy
Trump is running a kakistocracy that can’t do anything right, and that includes farm policy. Government by the rich is called plutocracy. Government by police power is autocracy. … Read more
Jim Hightower’s Column
Political commentary column by Jim Hightower. Often serious, but Jim uses his trademark biting satire to make important points.
Where to Get the Money to Start Fixing Inequality
Is fixing inequality even possible? When Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policies and programs to address fixing inequality, establishment … Read more
The Gloppy Mess of Merger Mania
The old merger mania model of self-enrichment through corporate takeover, consolidation and contraction turns out to be not just bad morals but bad business. Here’s a recipe for … Read more
Kroger: Don’t Lose Local News
“America’s Grocer” arbitrarily ejected local news publications from their stores — what gives? Do you shop at a Kroger supermarket? Or maybe at Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, … Read more
Who’s Behind the Increasing Suppression of Your Right to Protest?
Multinational corporations have been quietly colluding with legislators and governors to suppress the right to protest. As British playwright and political rabble-rouser George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t … Read more
When the World Is on Fire, What Should We Do?
For millions of people around the globe, the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! For millions of people around the globe — … Read more
Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us from Plutocracy?
Forgive me for not believing for a moment that there’s one iota of sincerity in this sudden assertion of egalitarian sentiment by today’s plutocrats. Ralph Waldo Emerson once … Read more
Here’s the Real Deal on ‘Medicare for All’
Medicare for All would cover every American — from birth to death — and would actually reduce what we pay for health care. What do we want our … Read more
The Problem with Health Care Is ‘The System’
Nightmare stories abound about the U.S. health care system. The British people have been widely admired for their steady demeanor in times of adversity — stiff upper lip … Read more
If You Drain the Swamp, Where Do the Swamp Critters Go?
Donald Trump bragged in June that he’s making good on his promise to “drain the swamp.” But, where did all those swamp critters go? Donald Trump bragged in … Read more
