National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 13,2013

IRS should ban pretend welfare groups

If you’re covered in political stink, it might be prudent to avoid yelling “dirty politics” at others. Lately, a mess of right-wing tea party groups have been wailing nonstop that th

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 6,2013

Kleptocrats eager to stop disclosure

By Jim Hightower

Perhaps I’ve been too harsh on congressional Republicans. I had assumed that their vitriolic attacks on even the meekest of proposals to restrict the tsunami of secret corporate cash slamming in

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 30,2013

Nincompoopery at work

By Jim Hightower

My state of Texas seems to have an inordinate share of nincompoops in public office. But it’s only fair that officeholders from other places be considered before deciding which state is the ninc

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 23,2013

America’s worsening jobs crisis

By Jim Hightower

At last, some excellent economic news for folks long-mired in the stagnant labor market! At least, those were the headlines recently trumpeted across the country. “Jobs Spring Back,” excla

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 16,2013

Corporate cowards divert shareholder funds into ‘dark money’

By Jim Hightower

If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court pretends, they certainly are loudmouths, constantly telling us how great they are and spreading their names everywhere. Amazingly, though, these corpor

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 9,2013

George W’s $250 million can of whitewash

By Jim Hightower

Big doings in Big D – the George W. Bush Presidential Library is open for business! What a piece of work it is: a $250 million, 226,000-square-foot edifice on 23 acres in Dallas. His brick-and-l

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 2,2013

Gagging on ag-gag laws

By Jim Hightower

In most state legislatures today, “off the wall” has become the political center, and bizarre bills are no longer unusual. Still, it seems strange that legislators in so many states &ndash

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 25,2013

Saving our ravaged planet ... and ourselves

By Jim Hightower

Earth Day cometh – the 43rd year of this national focus on the state of our globe. So, how is Earth doing? Should we be weeping ... or cheering? Both. The first step to any recovery is recogniti

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 18,2013

Where’s the cop on the Wall Street beat?

By Jim Hightower

Bankers gone wild! Let’s tally some of their crimes: JPMorgan Chase engaged in massive, systematic fraud to foreclose without cause or due process on innocent homeowners, tossing thousands of fa

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 11,2013

Wall Street hogs still running wild

By Jim Hightower

Wall Street is a beast. And proud of it! In fact, a pair of animals are the stock market’s longtime symbols: One is a snorting bull, the other is a bear.But I recently received a letter saying t