Jim Hightower

Now that the long election season is behind us, surely people of all political stripes can agree on one thing: At last we’ll get a respite from the bombardment of attack ads, lies, and slimeball... [read more]

If the sweeping vote for change on Election Day is really to bear fruit, We The People must be the ones who nurture it. We can’t just crank back in our La-Z-Boys. That's because the... [read more]

What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels!

I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers, food artisans, local retailers, co-ops, community organizers, restaurateurs, environmentalists, consumers,... [read more]

After casting her ballot for Barack Obama, Amanda Jones said simply, “I feel good about voting for him.”

Ms. Jones, who lives in a town just south of Austin, Texas, is... [read more]

When Barack Obama said, "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody," John McCain and his right-wing chorus blew a gasket and threw a hissy fit. He's a socialist, a... [read more]

Industrial polluters are very skilled at perverting our language when they want to eliminate regulations that protect us and our environment from their rampant destruction. Rather than saying honestly that they’re out to kill anti-pollution... [read more]

Obama elected! Job done, right?

Uh… not quite. If last week’s sweeping vote for change is to mean anything substantive, We The People have stay alert and on the move. And... [read more]

Let’s take another trip into the Far, Far, FAR OUT World of Free Enterprise.

Today, Spaceship Hightower takes you into the topsy turvy stratosphere of product advertising, where what you see... [read more]

The MBAs and corporate bean counters who run America’s newspapers these days blame the internet, fickle advertisers, America’s education system, unions, and even you and me – aka, the “stupid public” – for the ongoing... [read more]