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Top Articles from National - Jim Hightower
A corporate Monster v. “The Vermonster” America’s leaders are small, but Americans are notFree food can be yours for the pickingThe "anti-Starbucks" StarbucksWall Street’s new Halloween trickGoofing up health care reformObama must get going on jobs Bank profits, banker pay and other banker tricks“Local” goes locoA “smart choice” that isn’t
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, February 3,2011
Obama, Inc.
Exciting news, folks. Obama and team say they’re recalibrating, recasting, retooling and rebranding his presidency! And they’ve come up with a dandy new slogan to sum it all up and get Ame
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 27,2011
GOP gives back to its corporate sponsors
Early this month, when John Boehner was sworn in as the new speaker of the House of Representatives, he tipped his hat to the teabag activists across the country who had fueled the Republican takeover
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 20,2011
Power from the banks and to the people
Populist banker. Now those are two words you rarely see linked together. But Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, truly is a rarity. Firmly rooted in small town Iowa an
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 13,2011
Playing with economic dynamite
By golly, America is still an exporting powerhouse. In fact, the good ol’ U.S.A. is No. 1 in the world in exports! Our corporate leaders, backed by Republicans and Democrats alike in Washington,
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 6,2011
Amazing stupidity syndrome in Texas
Good grief, it’s spreading! Another Texas politician has come down with the tragic disease known as “Amazing Stupidity Syndrome.” A.S.S. attacks the lobe of the brain that cont
National - Jim Hightower | Wednesday, December 29,2010
Obama to corporations: ‘I feel your pain.’
Guess who’s whining the loudest these days, wailing that they’re getting a raw deal from Barack Obama. Not the unemployed and barely employed – even though the White House has blithe
National - Jim Hightower | Wednesday, December 22,2010
Food for thought
In this joyous season, friends and family come together to cook, share and savor nature’s bounty. As we tuck into food and drink this year, we can be especially appreciative because – wow!
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 16,2010
The redistribution of America’s wealth to the few
Several of America’s top high-tech giants are now breaking with conventional thinking on the offshoring of their factories and jobs, asking a heretofore unthinkable question: “Who needs Ch
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 9,2010
‘The Hammer’ gets nailed with a new nickname
Tom DeLay, a once-upon-a-time Republican powerhouse, has accumulated an unusual assortment of nicknames in his professional life. As a Texas legislator in the 1980s, he was known as “Hot Tub Tom
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 2,2010
Giving thanks to citizens and grass-roots progressives
During this season, even progressive Americans can find plenty of progress for which we can be grateful. Let’s start with the Girl Scouts of America. When news broke that the national organizati
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