National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 27,2011

Wall Street is dazed and confused

Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: Note that the movement’s name has the term “Wall St

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 20,2011

Playing Washington’s inside game

By Jim Hightower

And then there were 12. When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a long-term deficit reduction plan, congressional leaders did what they often do when they don&rsqu

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 13,2011

Something big is happening: Occupy Together

By Jim Hightower

To paraphrase one of Bob Dylan’s songs of youthful protest, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bellafante?” A New York Times writer, G

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, October 6,2011

The GOP Congress hates (except when it loves) federal spending

By Jim Hightower

“You saw the House act,” Rep. Eric Cantor snapped to a reporter. Yeah, act like a petulant 4-year-old! The majority leader of the GOP-controlled House has long been a whiney ideological br

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 29,2011

These Perry Tales may keep you awake all night

By Jim Hightower

It’s bedtime, children, so put on your jammies, scootch under the covers and I’ll tell you another “Perry Tale.” Once again, the Texas-governor-who-wants-to-be-your-president i

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 15,2011

Perry Tales: Rick is not who he says he is

By Jim Hightower

Presidential wannabe Rick Perry is flitting all around the country – hither, thither and yon – spreading little “Perry Tales” about himself and the many wonders he has worked a

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 8,2011

Corporate elites still doing a job on American workers

By Jim Hightower

In this week of Labor Day, our country is engulfed in deep economic anxiety, and no doubt you share my heartfelt concern for those Americans who’re suffering the worst of these uncertain times.

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, September 1,2011

Your job, Mr. President, is jobs

By Jim Hightower

Having just been recently rolled by tea party Republicans in the debt-ceiling circus, Barack Obama now says that his priority is job creation. Wow, what took him so long? Jobs should have been Priorit

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, August 25,2011

Governor Supercuts for president?

By Jim Hightower

GOP-land is all a twitter, now that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced that he’s ready to ascend to the White House.His candidacy was actually launched at a Prayer-A-Palooza in Houston the week

National - Jim Hightower | Thursday, August 18,2011

The downgrading of America

By Jim Hightower

As Lily Tomlin noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” Many of us view the deficit ceiling brouhaha between the Obama White House and the laissez-f