National – Jim Hightower

Excuse me, but has anyone seen the Democratic Party? An outrageous war of lies rages in Iraq, nearly 2,000 American troops have died there, Iraq itself is spiraling down into civil war and theocracy, a growing majority of Americans now see President George W. Bush’s policy for the disastrous deceit that it is, and grassroots […]

“Intelligent design” is the latest buzzword of the right-wing Bible-thumping cultists who keep pushing to Christianize our public schools. The intelligent-design crowd flatly rejects the science of evolution as apostasy, asserting that life on this earth is way too wondrous to have simply evolved. They point to Genesis as proof that a mighty God schemed […]

President George W. Bush’s handling of Iraq has been such a mess that his numbers are in the ditch. I’m talking not about poll numbers (which are at new lows) but about his recruitment numbers. The Bush administration doesn’t need polls to show what the public thinks about its Iraq policy — the public’s judgment […]

Sam Adams — the man, not the beer — knew a bit about agitating, organizing, and fighting for democratic values and liberty. Adams was the founder of the Sons of Liberty and the organizer of the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Even after the colonists had defeated King George III and established our fledgling democracy, […]

If you’re a rank-and-file employee and you don’t produce, you’re handed a pink slip. But if you’re a top executive who doesn’t produce, you get a golden handshake. Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley recently gave us yet another demonstration of this inequity and hypocrisy that goes to the core of modern corporate ethics. In late […]

Emma Goldman said that she wanted no part of any revolution unless it included dancing. That’s good, but better yet is Alice Waters’ idea that a revolution should be “delicious.” Waters — who is both a fabulous chef and a pioneer leader of America’s sustainable-food movement — believes deeply in the transformative power of having […]

Wal-Mart has been running splashy ads asserting that, far from being a global sweatshop profiteer, it’s a model employer that constantly monitors its worldwide network of factories to assure humane treatment of workers. Before swallowing that, you might want to hear from one of Wal-Mart’s own factory monitors. James W. Lynn was recruited by the […]

Hey, youngsters — not only does Uncle Sam wants you, but he’s also got your number! Not yet sure what you want to do in life? Why not get paid and see an exotic part of the world while you’re getting it all together? Yes, you could summer in sunny Iraq — and be a […]