BY JIM HIGHTOWER What lessons can we progressives take from our ballot box wins last year [and for that matter, from our losses]? What can we do to build on these victories and produce more in this year’s elections – and in 2020? We must assess this broad strategy ourselves, for most of today’s mainline…
BY JIM HIGHTOWER With chaos in the White House, worsening climate change around the globe, more wars than we can count and a wobbling economy here at home, the last thing we need is another big challenge. But look out! Here comes a doozy! Zooming at us at blinding speed, it’s AI, the fast-evolving science…
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Ho-ho-ho! Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each of our Congress critters, I sent my fondest wish that, from now on, they receive the exact same income, health care and pensions that we average citizens get. If they receive only the…
BY JIM HIGHTOWER “What did you do in the war, Daddy?” “I was in an Army platoon on the front lines, stringing bands of concertina wire along the border.” “Concertina? Were you in the military band?” “No, no, not a concert. Concertina wire is razor wire, very sharp and painful. It keeps people out –…
Editor’s Note: This essay by our friend and nationally syndicated columnist Jim Hightower calls out the “hedge-fund scavengers” and “ruthless Wall Street profiteers” gobbling up and looting America’s newspapers. It is of particular significance to Oklahoma, because one of the companies cited, GateHouse, is the new owner of the Oklahoman. Since taking over Oct. 1,…
