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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, November 18,2010
Soft landing for bankers, hard times for everyone else
I’ve seen some truly amazing feats of magic, but here’s one that beats them all. Right before your eyes, this thing rises into the air on its own, with no wires or mechanical devices givin
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 11,2010
Who’s that hiding behind the tea party?
The tea party spoke! Loudly, powerfully and proudly. But besides, “Throw the bums out,” what did it say? And now that the party part is over and the nasty business of governing begins, wha
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, November 4,2010
Flying the un-friendly skies
It can be amusing to read the business section of newspapers, because corporate coverage tends to be carefully couched in phrases that either obfuscate what’s really going on or are outright Orw
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 28,2010
Corporate Corruptistan
The teabag forces are out front in today’s politics, noisily trying to oust Democrats and install a new Congress that they think will end “business-as-usual” in Washington. Nice poli
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 21,2010
Bleeding in Afghanistan
Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We’ve been fighting, bleeding and dying in two hellacious, multitrillion-dollar conflagrations since 2001 – and our bloo
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 14,2010
Executive excess: The rewards of being bad
Look out, they’re angry. Foaming-at-the-mouth angry. And they’re lashing out, saying they won’t take it anymore. As one of their leaders angrily cried, “It’s a war.”
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 7,2010
Boehner’s perpetual tan and other scary stories
John Boehner is known for his ties and his tan. You’ve probably never heard of this Ohio Republican, who’s been the minority leader for four years, but he has big plans to be the next spea
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 30,2010
Bleeding-heart Republicans
Who says that Republican Congress-critters don’t care about minorities in our society? Why, at this very moment, they are pushing hard to pass a $372 billion federal program to lift the economic
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 23,2010
Exporting jobs, importing workers
Maybe you’re one of the thousands of young lawyers in America working in some low-skill, part-time job because law firms have cut so many of the starting positions you were educated to take. If
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 16,2010
Billionaire brothers are remaking America for their own benefit
There’s a difference between being paranoid and being suspicious. Paranoia is mental disturbance; suspicion is a rational deduction.
For example, if you suspect that America’s e
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