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A corporate Monster v. “The Vermonster” Free food can be yours for the pickingWall Street’s new Halloween trickThe "anti-Starbucks" StarbucksGoofing up health care reformObama must get going on jobs Bank profits, banker pay and other banker tricks“Local” goes locoA “smart choice” that isn’tThe reality of economic recovery
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 17,2012
Making chemical giants happy at our expense
Thanks to the blessings of nature and good farmers, you and I can enjoy such scrumptious delights as fresh corn-on-the-cob, popcorn and many other variations of this truly great grain. And now, thanks
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 10,2012
The stench of Bentonville spreads to Mexico – and back
Wal-Mart has long boasted of its “Always Low Prices,” but now it has confirmed that it also has “Always low morals.”The bottom line has always been THE line for Wal-Mart execut
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 3,2012
The inequity of private equity hustlers
What are these phantasmagoric money machines that they call “private equity firms?” They’re much in the news these days, because a fellow who was a private equity magnate is presentl
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 26,2012
The Citizens United gang
The Lone Ranger was a masked man who was out to bring bad guys to justice. Ed Conard is a masked man who is out to bring bad guys to power.A multimillionaire financier who was a top henchman in Bain C
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 19,2012
GOP presidential contenders’ goofy greed
Even though some are out and some are in, the politicians that are/were in the GOP presidential race still are spreading their goofiness around for all the country to see.Let’s start with my sta
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 12,2012
The cry of Congress: ‘Free Wall Street!’
Hallelujah, Washington has finally heard the people’s cries for jobs! In an urgent bipartisan push, Democrats and Republicans have joined hands across the aisle to pass the JOBS Act. In this tim
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 5,2012
The truth about the U.S. Postal Service
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 deal for a 50-cent piece: a first-class stamp. Plus a nickel in change.Each day, six days a
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 29,2012
Banker hubris knows no bounds
Have you heard about the earthquake that has shaken Wall Street to its very core? Well, brace yourself, for this really is a shocker: Bonus payments are down.Yes, the exorbitant bonus checks pocketed
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 22,2012
Speaking truth about power
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 rare citizens willing to risk their p
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 15,2012
Woody at 100
Where’s Woody when we need him? In these times of tinkle-down economics – with the money powers thinking that they’re the top dogs and that the rest of us are just a bunch of fire hy
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