Trump’s Border Policies Undermine Our Democracy
Terrorized children are incarcerated in chain-link cages, thanks to Trump’s cruel border policies. In early June, I traveled to “The Valley,” as the McAllen-Brownsville area of Texas is … 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.
Cowboys for Liberty
An audacious network of hell-raising climate-change activists, Cowboys for Liberty is out to expose, shame and defeat the corporate-serving profiteers. What’s in a name? By definition, the name … Read more
Getting Trapped in The Donald’s Cuckoo Nest
As it stands now, here in the Donald’s Cuckoo Nest, insanity reigns, and the inmates are now officially in charge of the national asylum. Ours is, after all, a … Read more
The New York Times Strikes Out
Article on Bernie Sanders and Our Revolution in the New York Times was indeed NOT “fit to print.” For more than a century, The New York Times has … Read more
A Wall Won’t Fix Immigration
Illegal immigration is often the result of the abject poverty and violence that people face in their homeland. No wall will fix that, nor stop the influx. The … Read more
What Does the Democratic Party Want?
Where is the Democratic Party? The Party of the People is stuck in the status quo — the still-reigning, old-line hierarchy of the Democratic party is unwilling to … Read more
How Bad Public Policy Happens: eg, Trump’s Attack on the US Post Office
Trump attacks the Post Office to get back at Bezos Question: If you inject a stream of raw ignorance into a vat of gaseous arrogance, then jolt the … Read more
A Wall Street Sin Tax
One way to restore some fiscal sanity is a “Wall Street Sin Tax.” The moneyed populace is adroit at getting Congress to shift America’s tax burden to workers, … Read more
Goons in Gucci
Bands of nouveau corporate royalists are today’s Goons in Gucci In the fierce labor wars of the last century, industrial barons employed Pinkertons and other goons to bloody … Read more
Trump’s New War
Get ready, America — here we go… to war! This kind of war is an affront to the values that most of us hold dear, and this war … Read more
