THE LASTING SPIRIT OF HOWARD ZINN

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 2/8/10 Bookmark and Share

One of the best tombstones ever is said to include the last words of a young, out-gunned gunslinger in Arizona: "I was expecting this, but not so soon."

Now I learn... [read more]


FLYING CASH REGISTERS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 2/5/10 Bookmark and Share

Get ready for yet another assault of crass commercialism – this one way up at 35,000 feet in the friendly skies of airline travel.

Having jammed us into our seats and... [read more]


HOOTING AT FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 2/4/10 Bookmark and Share

American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places – and then flaunt itself publicly and shamelessly for all to see?

For example, who needs... [read more]


AGRIBUSINESS PROFITS, MUTANT GERMS... AND US

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 2/3/10 Bookmark and Share

America is under assault. From coast to coast, we are being invaded by horrific, body-consuming mutants that are already destroying 65,000 American lives a year. As a Duke University scientist puts it, "This is a... [read more]


A GOP LEADER'S ECONOMIC PLAN

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 2/2/10 Bookmark and Share

Those who say that Republican congress critters are just a gaggle of naysaying boneheads with no economic plan of their own – have not been listening to John Linder.

This Georgia... [read more]


PRICING "FREE SPEECH" OUT OF OUR REACH

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 2/1/10 Bookmark and Share

Let us now praise the Supreme Five!

I refer to the five Supreme Court justices who looked all around our land to find the one issue of injustice that cried out most... [read more]