Jim Hightower

  • Hungry for profits

    The problem with our so-called ‘free market’ is that it’s not free for you and me. It’s largely controlled by monopolies, which are free to...

  • Political nature

    As an old axiom notes, ‘Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.’ From coast to coast, millions of these long-lived jewels have graced our...

  • Fair wages

    Business chieftains wail that, with the economy reopening, they’ve been advertising thousands of jobs for waiters, nursing assistants, poultry...

  • Economic disease

    In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in solidarity to the hard-hit...

  • The wall

    The wailing in our country about the ‘invasion of immigrants’ has been long and loud. As one complainant put it, “Few of their children in the...

  • Beyond matters of austerity

    Sometimes, it’s useful to state the obvious. Here’s a fact, for example, that we all know to be true: America’s economy is enormous. It’s...

  • Fence fantasy

    A long time ago, in a not-so-far away land, a civilisation existed that was governed through a fairly rational political system. Even conservative...