Trumpcare: Clueless Dealmaker’s Deal Goes Down
The fiasco called Trumpcare was doomed from the start. Question: What do you get when you mix together a barrel of fables, a sack of mendacity, a gross … 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.
‘Real News’ Stories Encourage Progressives
Fake news is prevalent these days, but some real news stories are encouraging to progressives. A decade ago, some barons of the media establishment designated themselves America’s official … Read more
Who Will Say It? The Emperor Has No Clothes!
The emperor has no clothes, and we have a mentally ill president. It’s time to face up to the obvious: The President of the United States is deranged. … Read more
How Magical Is Donald Trump?
Trump was not elected on the issues, but on anger over the ‘elites’ taking over America. Trump and Company claim they have a sweeping mandate from voters to … Read more
The Chicken and the Egg: Animal Rights Breakthroughs
Animal rights activists had a good year, but watch out for tRump! Those who say that we ordinary people can’t have any effect on today’s corporate behemoths should … Read more
Wall Street Plowboys Buying Up Farms
Of course, these modern day slavers don’t soil their own soft hands on their farms. John Steinbeck’s novel “Grapes of Wrath.” Woody Guthrie’s ballad “Deportee.” Edward R. Murrow’s … Read more
It’s Time to Put Food Policy Back on the Table
The economic devastation in farm country continues unabated as agribusiness profiteers, Wall Street speculators, urban sprawlers and corrupted political elites continue to set food policy. During the farm crisis … Read more
Trump Rushes to Aid the Needy… of Wall Street!
Remember Trump-the-candidate fulminating against these very Wall Street elites? Of all the economic pain in America that Washington ought to be relieving, what group would you choose as … Read more
Is Trump’s America Our America?
Which are we? The America of courage, or of fear? Are we the great America of courage, spunk, openness, inclusion, opportunity and democratic promise — as expressed in … Read more
The Republican Plan to ‘Save’ Social Security Would Ruin It
With this scam plan to “save” Social Security, workers would keep paying the same 12.4 percent tax on their wages, but would get drastically less paid back to … Read more
