To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Who’s That Hiding Behind The Tea Party?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER The Tea Party spoke! Loudly, powerfully and proudly. But besides, “Throw the bums out,” what did it say? And now that the party part is over and the nasty business of governing begins, what does it all add up to? What’s its governing agenda? How does it make anything positive out of […]
Freshman Stress
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Every year, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Center does a national study of college freshmen, some 200,000 in all. This year, the big news is emotional health – or lack thereof. Nearly half of the students surveyed – and more than half of the young women – ranked their emotional health as “below […]
Wall Street Rewards Ben And Tim For Stiffing You
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Not only has the Wall Street bailout restored the banksters who wrecked [and are still wrecking] our economy to full prosperity but it’s also paying off very handsomely for the bank overseers who orchestrated the bailout. Perhaps you’ve been wondering: How are good ol’ Ben and Little Timmy doing these days? Extremely […]
Google’s [Sort Of] Heroism
BY FROMA HARROP So Google wants to play human-rights superhero. Five years ago, it compromised its standing as the global avatar of cyber-freedom by blocking certain searches on its Chinese website at the behest of the government in Beijing. Now it’s threatening to leave China after discovering a massive campaign to hack the Gmail accounts […]
Republicans Give Government Back To Corporate Paymasters
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Early this month, when John Boehner was sworn in as the new speaker of the House of Representatives, he tipped his hat to the teabag activists across the country who had fueled the Republican takeover of the chamber last fall. He almost choked up as he promised to “give the government back […]
