Jim Hightower’s Column

Mea culpa, I misspoke, my bad — I stand corrected. In past commentaries, I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist. Apparently, he hates that tag, even though he … Read more

Cities across the land can join Missoula, where 75% voted to urge a Constitutional amendment In the Nov. 8 elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a … Read more

The good news about the good food movement Make this Thanksgiving an occasion to celebrate our country’s food rebels! Yes, rebels. People who dare to challenge the conventional … Read more

One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country that tell us what … Read more

Here’s a surprise that the power elites really hate to see: Many members of the 1 percent are joining the “We are the 99 percent” movement in various … Read more

In the Bible, Paul doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil — rather, it is the love of money that he warns against. In recent … Read more

A year from now, Americans will be caught in an unprecedented blizzard of presidential campaign ads. We’ll be blinded by the whiteout and buried in the storm’s negativity. … Read more

Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: Note that the movement’s name has the term “Wall … Read more

And then there were 12. When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a long-term deficit reduction plan, congressional leaders did what … Read more

To paraphrase one of Bob Dylan’s songs of youthful protest, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bellafante?” A New York Times … Read more