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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, February 9,2012
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 Presidents Month to poke into that warren of feral Rep
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, February 2,2012
Stealing the people’s property
“Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the country, as governors and legislators are cutting off funds (and shutting o
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 26,2012
America’s 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 ou
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 19,2012
Afghanistan forever. And ever. And ever.
Oh, to be in Afghanistan again, when the poppies are in bloom!If you need a symbol of how America’s decade-long war is going in this faraway land, look no farther than the beautiful fields of re
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 12,2012
Mediocre candidates and corporate cash
And away we go!Not just into a new year, but – zap! – suddenly we find ourselves catapulted en masse into the turbulent Twilight Zone of the 2012 presidential election. On day three of the
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 5,2012
Giving gifts that matter
It wasn’t that long ago that the act of “gift giving” didn’t require a maddening trip to Walmart or a desperate online search for this season’s must-have toy. Rather, a g
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 29,2011
The poor rich and the Scrooginess of Congress
It’s at this time of the year that generous, big-hearted Americans reach out to aid the less fortunate among us – like those who’ve recently been knocked down by the recession and se
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 22,2011
America’s leaders are small, but Americans are not
“We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secur
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 15,2011
The deep shallowness of Professor Gingrich
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 has indeed gotten very wealthy by ta
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, December 8,2011
The grass roots are catching fire
It takes people power to make clear that corporations are not people
In the Nov. 8 elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi’s state constitution. This was an extremist anti-abortion ball
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