National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 8,2010

The inhuman essence of a corporate ‘person’

I’m curious about those five Supreme Court justices who recently decreed that a corporation is a “person” with human rights: Do you think they ever met Mr. Walmart? If they had, they

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 1,2010

Turning ‘Texas Education’ into an oxymoron

By Jim Hightower

In the good-and-good-for-you department, food scientists are now touting the health benefits of enjoying a handful of nuts every day. I, for one, am glad, because I love nuts – pecans, hazelnuts

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 25,2010

Heartbeat of the Democratic reform movement

By Jim Hightower

It read like just another obituary written about someone who’d lived a very long time: “Doris Haddock died peacefully in her family home,” it began. “Born in 1910, she lived th

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 18,2010

Stiffening the backbones of Democrats

By Jim Hightower

You know what we need to juice up the performance of our weak economy? Viagra. Yes, America needs a new Viagra, specifically targeted to stiffen backbones — in particular, the limp backbones of

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 11,2010

Goldman Sachs authors a Greek tragedy

By Jim Hightower

Another Greek-based cargo ship and its crew were recently hijacked by Somalian pirates, costing the Greek owners an undisclosed amount in ransom. Such ongoing acts of brazen piracy off the coast of So

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 4,2010

Fighting subversion of people’s sovereignty

By Jim Hightower

As you’ve probably heard, corporations are now “people” — humanoids that are equivalent to you and me. This miraculous metamorphosis happened on Jan. 21. Accompanied by a blind

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, February 25,2010

Greed trophy up for grabs

By Jim Hightower

By gollies, the top executives of health insurance corporations are not giving up without a fight! To paraphrase every high school football coach who ever lived, “When the going gets ugly, the u

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, February 18,2010

Corporate welfare roulette

By Jim Hightower

One thing that governors and mayors absolutely love to do is win a prize in the national game called “Corporate Welfare Roulette.” It’s a simple casino-style game in which politicos

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, February 11,2010

Republicans out of touch as middle class sinks

By Jim Hightower

American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places — and then flaunt itself shamelessly for all to see? For example, who needs Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien for

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 28,2010

Reining in the gods of the Fed

By Jim Hightower

Here’s a story that reads like the script of an old B-grade monster movie — and it would be comic, were it not so serious. The monster is named “The Fed,” a hydra-headed creatu