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If you think the GOP’s Congress of Clowns represents the fringiest, freakiest pack of politicos that MAGA-world can hurl at us — you haven’t...
“Somebody better investigate soon.” That’s a lyric in Bob Dylan’s Oxford Town , a 1962 song deploring the relentless murdering of Black...
Free market ideologues fabricate some of the most preposterous yarns trying to justify their assertion of special tax breaks and corporate greed over...
When a fox attacks a hen house, is it uncivil for the hens to raise a ruckus? Two Supreme Court justices say it is. Elevating collegiality above...
Well, well, well — look who’s waking up and raring to go: Mr. and Ms. Woke! We so-called “woke” people have been the target of far-right...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Poor Katie Britt, the Republican senator from Alabama. She was set up by her party's operatives to do the GOP's televised response to...
Poor Senator Katie Britt, Republican from Alabama. She was set up by her party’s operatives to do the GOP’s televised response to Joe Biden’s...
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In my view, the greatest of America’s “Founding Fathers” was not George Washington or Thomas Jefferson — nor, technically, he wasn’t even an...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Although the sun is an essential life force, we need to protect ourselves from its relentless glare. Sunglasses? Check. Beach...
Although the sun is an essential life force, we need to protect ourselves from its relentless glare. Sunglasses? Check. Beach umbrella? Check. Tinted...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER "Corporate crises consultants" (yes, there are such creatures) have patented a formula allowing their wrongdoing clients to champion...
“Corporate crises consultants” (yes, there are such creatures) are just corporate lobbyists who have patented a formula allowing their wrongdoing...
I no longer receive my local newspaper, the Austin-American Statesman. Oh, the paper still comes, but it’s just paper, minus the news part —...
Going full-tilt totalitarian, the Texas Republican posse has demanded that out-of-state-care groups hand over the names and addresses of Texas women...
Here’s our big word of the day: Extraterritoriality. It expresses a sketchy legal theory asserting that rulers in one state have a right to enforce...
Bruce King, former governor of New Mexico, often baffled people with his convoluted use of words. Like the time he vetoed a loan shark bill he’d...
This plotline could have come from one of Charles Dickens’ novels about upper-class depravity: “Miserly governors refuse to provide gruel for...
This plot line could have come from one of Charles Dickens’ novels about upper-class depravity: “Miserly governors refuse to provide gruel for...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER In the 1980s, many Texans were alarmed that hordes of immigrants were fleeing Rust Belt states and pouring across the Red River to...
In the 1980s, many Texans were alarmed that hordes of immigrants were fleeing Rust Belt states and pouring across the Red River to take our jobs. So,...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER A decade ago, Oklahoma's countryside was literally infested with 626 massively polluting CAFOs -- Concentrated Animal Feeding...
A decade ago, Oklahoma’s countryside was literally infested with 626 massively polluting CAFOs — Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. These are...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER In cities all across America, an infiltration of wealthy investors, developers and bankers is driving poor and middle-class families...
In cities all across America, an infiltration of private enterprise wealthy investors, developers and bankers is driving poor and middle-class...
Unfortunately, in the short time we homo sapiens have existed on this 4.5-billion-year-old Planet Earth, we have trashed the place. Climate change,...
“Arkansas Traveler” is an old-time song of folk humor that tells of a well-heeled dandy who gets lost while traveling across the Ozark Mountains....
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“OK, boomer.” That’s a snarky phrase currently some use to mock 60- and-70-year-olds they consider to be cluelessly out of touch. Recently,...
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In a song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie noted that, “Some’ll rob with a six-gun / Some with a fountain pen.” Indeed, the big-money thievery in...
According to an old saying, “You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.” True. But that raises this question: Who would even try squeezing blood...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Growing up, I absorbed a lot of values from my Ol' Texas Daddy: a strong commitment to the common good, a healthy work ethic and a...
Growing up, I absorbed a lot of values from my Ol’ Texas Daddy: a strong commitment to the common good, a healthy work ethic and a lively sense of...
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Let me be blunt: The problem with today's Supreme Court is that it consists of too many 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets....
Let me be blunt: The problem with today’s Supreme Court is that it consists of too many 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets. While most of the...
Hear it? What’s that sound? “Whoop-whoop-whoop.” It’s Washington’s revolving door, allowing corporate interests to come directly inside...
The ultra-rich love to enact their extremist right-wing policy, including with school privatization. If you’re trying to enact an extremist...
Wow! A couple of Supreme Court weasels — excuse me, justices — say they’re now starting to think that maybe the court should sorta start...
A neighbor and former Musk admirer, Chap Ambrose, rallies local opposition. There is nothing quite as pitiful as whiny billionaires. And the whiniest...
By Jim Hightower There is nothing quite as pitiful as whiny billionaires. And the whiniest of all is the richest -- Elon Musk. This self-entitled...
There is nothing quite as pitiful as whiny billionaires. And the whiniest of all is the richest — Elon Musk.
By Jim Hightower Seemingly intractable problems sometimes have an obvious solution standing right in front of them -- our nation's dire shortage of...
Seemingly intractable problems sometimes have an obvious solution standing right in front of them. Our nation’s dire shortage of long-haul truck...
Seemingly intractable problems sometimes have an obvious solution standing right in front of them — the trucking industry and its dire shortage of...
Over time, words with beautiful meanings occasionally get degraded into ugliness. “Gentle,” for example. Originally meaning good natured and...
Over time, words with beautiful meanings occasionally get degraded into ugliness. “Gentle,” for example, which has devolved into...
In the mid-1800s, a new political party flared up in American politics, posing as an alternative to both the Democratic and Republican parties....
When megalomanic, multibillionaire barons of industry suddenly announce that they are boundless geniuses who must remake society, government and...