Monsanto Buys a Food Prize
Not agri-Culture, just agri-Business: Monsanto As Lily Tomlin has noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” For example, imagine if a prestigious … 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.
JP Morgan — The Man and the Bank
The “King of American Finance,” JP Morgan, consolidated power during the Gilded Age JP Morgan was recently socked in the wallet by financial regulators, who levied a fine … Read more
GOP Unhinged by Obamacare: Laugh ’til it Hurts
Repubs determined to make country sick over Obamacare Whacking yourself on the head with a ball-peen hammer would be stupid. But doing it again and again — that’s … Read more
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Corporate Coup in Disguise
Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Super-Sized NAFTA What if our national leaders told us that communities across America had to eliminate such local programs as Buy Local, Buy American, Buy … Read more
A New Voice of Morality Responds Bluntly to Right-Wing Rants Against Anti-Poverty Programs
Despite so-called recovery, poverty is worse The bluebirds of happiness are chirping away in our nation’s treetops these days, for America is now in the fifth year of … Read more
Corporatizing Animals — from Cuteness to Cruelty
Hiding animal cruelty behind a cute facade Both the old and new media agree on this: If you need a story that’s guaranteed to be wildly popular — … Read more
The Poor Tortured Tomato of Agribusiness
Tomato tinkerers go back to the drawing board Warning: Agribusiness is in the lab again, molesting the “molecular machineries” of Mother Nature’s tomato. Actually, it’s the already-machined, industrial … Read more
Where Labor Day Came from, and Where It’s Going
The creation of Labor Day was a 12-year struggle Webster’s dictionary tells us that Labor Day was “set aside for special recognition of working people.” That’s nice, but … Read more
Walmart’s Waltons: Getting Ahead on the Backs of Others
Walmart’s CFO is puzzled by reluctance of customers to spend on discretionary items Having been raised in a small-business family and now running my own small outfit, I … Read more
Militarizing America’s Police Forces
Police turning into militarized standing armies? Attention citizens: I have received inside information revealing that global terrorists are targeting us again. Their target is not Washington, New York … Read more
