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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, December 27,2012
What’s for dinner?
As we enjoy the traditional holiday season of food-centered celebrations, let’s not only consume, but also reflect on, discuss and consider, what we can do to shape our food future.We’re p
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 20,2012
The mass media favorites fall out of favor
Let us address the declining fortunes of today’s mainstream mass media. The honchos of America’s establishment media are quick to blame such external causes as the Internet for their probl
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 13,2012
The airline industry’s fee-for-all
Big news, holiday travelers! American Airlines has a new family deal for you. If you and the kids are headed off to grandma’s house, Disney World or wherever, American will make an effort to sea
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 6,2012
A death in the family – and the question is: whodunit?
Born in 1930 in Schiller Park, Ill., the deceased was 82 years old at the time of passing, which ironically was the day before Thanksgiving. Having long enjoyed the sweet life, the end was a bit bitte
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 29,2012
Lord help us – bosses gone berserk
The sky is falling! The end times are upon us! It’s all over for America! And it’s all because of you execrable voters. This is the wretched wail of a few corporate chieftains who claim to
National - Jim Hightower | Wednesday, November 21,2012
Billionaires crap out in 2012 elections
They came. They spent! Then, they limped home, tails between their legs.“They” are the far-right corporate billionaire extremists who tried to become America’s presidential kingmaker
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 15,2012
Bothering to vote, and bothering voters
Two heroes emerged at the polls this year, and neither was named Barack or Mitt. Their names are Galicia and Ken – ordinary Americans with extraordinary depths of civic spirit. While nearly 40 p
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 8,2012
The corporate mad dogs of Citizens United
As feared, our people’s democratic authority has been dogged nearly to death by the hounds of money in this election go ’round, thanks to the Supreme Court’s reckless decree in the n
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 1,2012
Helping Republicans find real voter fraud
Republican officials are having a major problem with their widely ballyhooed claim that they must create new barriers to voting in order to ensure the “integrity” of the ballot. The proble
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 25,2012
The dirty little secret of private equity profits
Today, for the first time, I am officially notifying the honchos of Bain Capital, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and other big-time private equity funds that I am available.
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