National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 11,2010

Who’s that hiding behind the tea party?

The tea party spoke! Loudly, powerfully and proudly. But besides, “Throw the bums out,” what did it say? And now that the party part is over and the nasty business of governing begins, wha

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 4,2010

Flying the un-friendly skies

By Jim Hightower

It can be amusing to read the business section of newspapers, because corporate coverage tends to be carefully couched in phrases that either obfuscate what’s really going on or are outright Orw

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 28,2010

Corporate Corruptistan

By Jim Hightower

The teabag forces are out front in today’s politics, noisily trying to oust Democrats and install a new Congress that they think will end “business-as-usual” in Washington. Nice poli

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 21,2010

Bleeding in Afghanistan

By Jim Hightower

Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We’ve been fighting, bleeding and dying in two hellacious, multitrillion-dollar conflagrations since 2001 – and our bloo

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 14,2010

Executive excess: The rewards of being bad

By Jim Hightower

Look out, they’re angry. Foaming-at-the-mouth angry. And they’re lashing out, saying they won’t take it anymore. As one of their leaders angrily cried, “It’s a war.”

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 7,2010

Boehner’s perpetual tan and other scary stories

By Jim Hightower

John Boehner is known for his ties and his tan. You’ve probably never heard of this Ohio Republican, who’s been the minority leader for four years, but he has big plans to be the next spea

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 30,2010

Bleeding-heart Republicans

By Jim Hightower

Who says that Republican Congress-critters don’t care about minorities in our society? Why, at this very moment, they are pushing hard to pass a $372 billion federal program to lift the economic

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 23,2010

Exporting jobs, importing workers

By Jim Hightower

Maybe you’re one of the thousands of young lawyers in America working in some low-skill, part-time job because law firms have cut so many of the starting positions you were educated to take. If

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 16,2010

Billionaire brothers are remaking America for their own benefit

By Jim Hightower

There’s a difference between being paranoid and being suspicious. Paranoia is mental disturbance; suspicion is a rational deduction. For example, if you suspect that America’s e

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 9,2010

A renewed commitment to the common good

By Jim Hightower

America’s corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they’re doing all they can to create millions more of them. They’re knocking down wages, offshoring everything from manufact