National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 25,2012

The dirty little secret of private equity profits

Today, for the first time, I am officially notifying the honchos of Bain Capital, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and other big-time private equity funds that I am available.

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 18,2012

The 1 percent’s cry for justice

By Jim Hightower

It’s out! This year’s list of American success stories has just been published, and according to its compiler, it “instills confidence that the American dream is still very much aliv

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 11,2012

Organic subsidiaries out parent conglomerates

By Jim Hightower

One of the most important elections being held on Nov. 6 doesn’t even have a Democratic, Republican, Green, Libertarian or other partisan candidate on the ballot. Imagine!Yet, this statewide con

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 4,2012

America’s pusillanimous press

By Jim Hightower

Let us now access the state of the free press in this land of ... well, of press freedom. The assessment? Pathetic. Not because of any government clampdown, but because of increasing press pusillanimi

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 27,2012

Our disgraceful minimum wage

By Jim Hightower

Elites in Washington, on Wall Street and in the corporate suites have taken exquisite care of themselves. They’ve increased their take by offshoring our middle-class jobs, slashing American wage

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 20,2012

Romney’s Hamm-handed energy policy

By Jim Hightower

Poor Mitt Romney. He keeps trying to prop up his bad policy proposals with gimmicky political props that flop. He recently unveiled his energy policy, for example, in Hobbs, N.M., rather than in Exxon

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 13,2012

Welcome to GOP nutland!

By Jim Hightower

While it’s hard to fathom right-wing nuttiness, it’s sure not hard to find these days. We saw it bloom spectacularly recently, popping right out of the head of Todd Akin, the GOP’s S

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 6,2012

Labor Day thoughts on a ‘jobless recovery’

By Jim Hightower

Hope you had a Happy Labor Day! And what better time than the annual celebration of America’s working stiffs to draw attention to our national economic recovery? As those attached to the Dow Jon

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, August 30,2012

The Ryan-Romney flim-flam ticket

By Jim Hightower

Let’s talk budget! Yes, the wonky wonderland of the federal budget, with page after page of numbers – what fun, eh? No. Most people would prefer a root canal to a budget discussion (indeed

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, August 23,2012

Black liquor moonshine

By Jim Hightower

Question: If you mix a cocktail of “black liquor,” biofuels, diesel and a generous splash of tax subsidies – then have it shaken vigorously by a U.S. senator and served in a golden g