To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
The Redistribution Of America’s Wealth To The Few
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Several of America’s top high-tech giants are now breaking with conventional thinking on the offshoring of their factories and jobs, asking a heretofore unthinkable question: “Who needs China?” “Let’s invest in new, state-of-the-art-factories,” they declare excitedly. “We’ll launch a bold new initiative to train tens of thousands of teachers who, in turn, […]
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Care
BY FROMA HARROP Don’t ask, don’t tell – don’t know why we’re still talking about this. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is the rule barring openly gay soldiers from serving in the U.S. military. This relic of the culture wars is so past its prime that even Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh don’t spend much time […]
Julian Assange: Wanted By The Empire, Dead Or Alive
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN The American airwaves quiver with the screams of parlor assassins howling for Julian Assange’s head. Jonah Goldberg, contributor to the National Review, asks in his syndicated column, “Why wasn’t Assange garroted in his hotel room years ago?” Sarah Palin wants him hunted down and brought to justice, saying: “He is an anti-American […]
The American Dream Is Not All About Money
BY FROMA HARROP We always talk about “The American Dream” – about living it, saving it, wondering what happened to it. Few bother to define it. The stereotype shows a single-family house, with white-picket fence, Mom and Dad, Dick and Jane. A mansion rarely comes to mind, unless obtained by someone born in grinding poverty. […]
‘The Hammer’ Gets Nailed With A New Nickname
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Tom DeLay, a once-upon-a-time Republican powerhouse, has accumulated an unusual assortment of nicknames in his professional life. As a Texas legislator in the 1980s, he was known as “Hot Tub Tommy,” a do-nothing member who preferred partying to lawmaking. When he went to Congress, however, he was a man on a mission. […]
