National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, March 4,2010

Fighting subversion of people’s sovereignty

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

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 21,2010

Selling a city’s soul — for chicken scratch

By Jim Hightower

Fire hydrants deserve more respect. They are utilitarian and ubiquitous icons of America’s urban landscape, yet they’re rarely noticed by anyone but dogs — who give them no respect w

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 14,2010

Anti-terrorism officials are regulating us, not terrorists

By Jim Hightower

You didn’t get a virgin when you drew me as one of your political commentators, for I’ve been through the fires of Texas politics, including having been elected state agriculture commissio

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, January 7,2010

Six things to do in 2010

By Jim Hightower

In my travels, I’ve heard many cries of despair from you good folks about the timorous Obama presidency. It’s been go-slow and don’t-rock-the-corporate boat. “Where’s the

National - Jim Hightower | Wednesday, December 30,2009

Hoping for a new ethic in 2010

By Jim Hightower

This special season got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ours

National - Jim Hightower | Wednesday, December 23,2009

Congress ethics rules undermined by weasels

By Jim Hightower

Scientifically speaking, the weasel is in the mustelidae family, but it is not the only burrowing rodent of its genus. There’s also the mustela congressa lobbyista, which is that mischievous gro