The Truth About the U.S. Postal Service
By Jim Hightower What does 50 cents buy these days? Not a cuppa joe, a pack of gum or a newspaper. But you can get a steal of … 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.
Speaking Truth About Power
By Jim Hightower A willingness to speak truth to power is an essential civic virtue for the well-being of a democratic-republic. Equally virtuous and essential, however, are those … Read more
Woody Guthrie at 100
Where’s Woody when we need him? By Jim Hightower In these times of tinkle-down economics — with the money powers thinking that they’re the top dogs and that … Read more
The Keystone XL Flim-Flam
The Keystone pipeline would result in environmental damage, would be foreign-owned and the oil would end up in foreign markets By Jim Hightower For Rep. Allen West, the … Read more
Cooperatives Over Corporations
There’s a better way of organizing America’s economic strength: The Cooperative Way We’re being told by today’s High Priests of Conventional Wisdom that everyone and everything in our … Read more
It’s Official: Money Now Governs America
There’s rich, and then there’s really, really, really rich By Jim Hightower The rich are different from you and me, but the really, really, really rich are also … Read more
What’s in Your iPhone?
Early last year, during an intimate chat and chew dinner with some Silicon Valley high-tech barons, President Barack Obama posed a question to Steve Jobs, baron of the … Read more
Newt Gingrich: The Spawn of Citizens United
Wow, January’s gone already — time really flies when you’re having Republican presidential primaries! And what better time than Groundhog Day to poke into that warren of feral … Read more
By Axing Parks, Politicos Are Stealing the People’s Property
Parks are a tangible expression of America’s democratic ideals “Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across … Read more
Americas Class Divide
What planet does presidential wannabe Rick Santorum live on? When it comes to grasping the situation of America’s hard-hit workaday majority, this sweater-vested ultra-right-winger is further out than … Read more
