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A corporate Monster v. “The Vermonster” America’s leaders are small, but Americans are notFree food can be yours for the pickingThe "anti-Starbucks" StarbucksWall Street’s new Halloween trickGoofing up health care reformObama must get going on jobs Bank profits, banker pay and other banker tricks“Local” goes locoA “smart choice” that isn’t
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 13,2013
IRS should ban pretend welfare groups
If you’re covered in political stink, it might be prudent to avoid yelling “dirty politics” at others. Lately, a mess of right-wing tea party groups have been wailing nonstop that th
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 6,2013
Kleptocrats eager to stop disclosure
Perhaps I’ve been too harsh on congressional Republicans. I had assumed that their vitriolic attacks on even the meekest of proposals to restrict the tsunami of secret corporate cash slamming in
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 30,2013
Nincompoopery at work
My state of Texas seems to have an inordinate share of nincompoops in public office. But it’s only fair that officeholders from other places be considered before deciding which state is the ninc
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 23,2013
America’s worsening jobs crisis
At last, some excellent economic news for folks long-mired in the stagnant labor market! At least, those were the headlines recently trumpeted across the country. “Jobs Spring Back,” excla
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 16,2013
Corporate cowards divert shareholder funds into ‘dark money’
If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court pretends, they certainly are loudmouths, constantly telling us how great they are and spreading their names everywhere. Amazingly, though, these corpor
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 9,2013
George W’s $250 million can of whitewash
Big doings in Big D – the George W. Bush Presidential Library is open for business! What a piece of work it is: a $250 million, 226,000-square-foot edifice on 23 acres in Dallas. His brick-and-l
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 2,2013
Gagging on ag-gag laws
In most state legislatures today, “off the wall” has become the political center, and bizarre bills are no longer unusual. Still, it seems strange that legislators in so many states &ndash
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 25,2013
Saving our ravaged planet ... and ourselves
Earth Day cometh – the 43rd year of this national focus on the state of our globe. So, how is Earth doing? Should we be weeping ... or cheering? Both. The first step to any recovery is recogniti
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 18,2013
Where’s the cop on the Wall Street beat?
Bankers gone wild! Let’s tally some of their crimes: JPMorgan Chase engaged in massive, systematic fraud to foreclose without cause or due process on innocent homeowners, tossing thousands of fa
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 11,2013
Wall Street hogs still running wild
Wall Street is a beast. And proud of it! In fact, a pair of animals are the stock market’s longtime symbols: One is a snorting bull, the other is a bear.But I recently received a letter saying t
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