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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 28,2012
Super PACs and secret money destroying America’s democrac
Leave it to Bill Moyers, one of America’s most useful citizens, to sum up our country’s present political plight in a succinct metaphor: “Our elections have replaced horse racing as
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 21,2012
Wall Street’s mutant greed gene marches on
In the realm of prevarication, there are deceivers, fibbers, liars, politicians ... and Bank of America. For weeks, this financial behemoth has been running a nationwide PR blitz, portraying its
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 14,2012
What’s new in food?
Attention foodies: Let’s chow down! Forget organic, locavore, omega3, umami, artisanal and all the other signposts of the healthy, ethical and refined “good food” movement. There are
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, June 7,2012
Who needs Wall Street giants?
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and the handful of other behemoths of Wall Street that dominate American banking – who needs them? After enduring years of insatiable greed by the
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 31,2012
Snarling banks
We’re sick and tired of being bullied and stomped on by the Powers That Be in Washington, and by gollies, we’re not going to take it anymore! Hooray! It’s about time that workers, co
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 24,2012
Anheuser-Busch, drunk on greed
Big brewers like Anheuser-Busch frequently admonish us imbibers of their grain products to “drink responsibly.” Well, I say back to them: Lobby responsibly. In particular, I point to a dis
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 17,2012
Making chemical giants happy at our expense
Thanks to the blessings of nature and good farmers, you and I can enjoy such scrumptious delights as fresh corn-on-the-cob, popcorn and many other variations of this truly great grain. And now, thanks
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 10,2012
The stench of Bentonville spreads to Mexico – and back
Wal-Mart has long boasted of its “Always Low Prices,” but now it has confirmed that it also has “Always low morals.”The bottom line has always been THE line for Wal-Mart execut
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, May 3,2012
The inequity of private equity hustlers
What are these phantasmagoric money machines that they call “private equity firms?” They’re much in the news these days, because a fellow who was a private equity magnate is presentl
National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, April 26,2012
The Citizens United gang
The Lone Ranger was a masked man who was out to bring bad guys to justice. Ed Conard is a masked man who is out to bring bad guys to power.A multimillionaire financier who was a top henchman in Bain C
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