Tag: Hightower
Planet Plastic
The vast tonnage of this trash increases every minute, with an afterlife lasting centuries. by Jim Hightower, Other Words January 27, 2021 What do your toothbrush and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now…
‘Lord of the Flies,’ revisited
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman documents that Golding had no knowledge of behavioral science and was hardly an impartial judge of children’s propensities. by Jim Hightower Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Many of us read William Golding’s “Lord…
This holiday season choose a new food future
What better symbol of agri-industry’s vision of “food” than the ubiquitous Butterball turkey so many ate for Thanksgiving? By Jim Hightower Wednesday, December 9, 2020 America certainly has an abundance of food, even though many Americans…
Make USDA ‘the people’s department’ again
For years, the Department of Agriculture has been run by Big Ag acolytes. Biden has a chance to change that. By Jim Hightower, Jane Kleeb, Deborah Parker December 2, 2020 Years ago, Robert Kennedy noted that…
The first Thanksgiving?
Wherever it began, and whatever the purists claim is “official,” Thanksgiving today is as multicultural as America. by Jim Hightower Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Let’s talk about turkey! No, not the Butterball now pouting in the…
It’s not Trump’s country—even in Trump Country
Progressive ballot initiatives passed handily across the country, even in so-called red states. by Jim Hightower Sunday, November 15, 2020 Trump may have lost his bid for reelection, but many will still wonder: How has America…
Republicans unleash their inner Jim Crow
Endangered GOP incumbents are launching increasingly racialized attacks against their challengers. By Jim Hightower | OtherWords October 14, 2020 If you’re a rich Republican who’s done nothing in the House of Representatives for so long that…
Covid-19 and the reality of ‘small government’ conservatism
With 200,000 dead, Americans are concluding that a more Rooseveltian response was in order. By Jim Hightower | Other Words September 30, 2020 Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: “Where’s the…
Beware corporate COVID propaganda
CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really. By Jim Hightower | Other Words September 16, 2020 COVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions…
Save our Post Office and our right to vote
Trump is willing to destroy this prized national asset to cling to power. by Jim Hightower August 19, 2020 As the recently departed progressive champion John Lewis warned, your right to vote “is not guaranteed. You…
How pro-Trump millionaires robbed small businesses of coronavirus aid
Thanks to a specially carved loophole, one multi-millionaire claimed 339 times more than the average small business received. by Jim Hightower May 20, 2020 Monty Bennett was just another faceless right-wing millionaire on the long list…
CEOs aren’t Pigs. That’s unfair to — to pigs —
—Pigs are intelligent animals with a sense of social responsibility. CEOs are looting taxpayers funds meant for small businesses. by Jim Hightower Wednesday, May 13, 2020 There’s a general sentiment today that multimillionaire corporate chieftains…
Don’t let Trump gut the Post Office
What kind of leader thinks in a pandemic: “Here’s our chance to kill the postal service!” By Jim Hightower May 6, 2020 What’s the gimmick in Trump’s plan to “rescue” the public Postal Service? One thing…
The real disease is inequality
The forces of greed shoved working families to the edge — all it took was a virus to push them over. By Jim Hightower April 29, 2020 In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is…
Most years, the Postal Service is a moneymaker
Most of the agency’s deficits are phony paper losses, manufactured by Congress at the behest of corporate privatizers. By Jim Hightower April 22, 2020 One public service that people really like and count on is the…
Coronavirus and small government sociopathy
As the devastating impact of Trump’s inaction becomes clear, Americans are discovering a hidden socialist streak. By Jim Hightower April 15, 2020 Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: “Where’s the government?”…
Stop the pandemic profiteers
It’s time for indignant citizens today to confront a new breed of shameful greed merchants: pandemic profiteers. By Jim Hightower | OtherWords April 8 Wartime profiteering has been as common in our country as war itself….
This pandemic can bring us together
The actual disease of our country is not a pathogen, but the widening separation of rich elites from the rest of us. By Jim Hightower | OtherWords March 25, 2020 Suddenly, “social distancing” is our new…
The opposite of progressivism? Pessimism
Polls show broad support for progressive ideas. So why aren’t more progressives voting for them? By Jim Hightower | OtherWords March 18, 2020 There’s a short-circuit in the political convictions of some progressive-minded voters these days….
Trump’s Afghanistan ‘peace deal’ is anything but
Why is there still fighting? Because our leaders don’t understand Afghanistan — and keep using military force when it won’t do any good. By Jim Hightower March 11, 2020 When dealing in matters of war and…
Felonious Democracy
The leaders of our democracy don’t actually like it when people participate, but Americans are a rebellious bunch. By Jim Hightower | OtherVoices January 8, 2020 The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites…
Looming Coronavirus threat in US bolsters case for Medicare for All and Universal Paid Sick Leave
“Doubters may claim that our nation can’t afford Medicare for All, but it’s increasingly likely that we are about to discover just how costly our current system really is.” By Julia Conley, staff writer The global…
The embarrassing fall of Trump’s wall
A climbing group in Kentucky built a replica of Trump’s wall. One climber topped it in 13 seconds. Another did it while juggling. By Jim Hightower | February 26, 2020 Big, high walls can be troublesome….
The lie of health care ‘choice’
In our corporate-run health system, consumer “choices” are shaped entirely by profit-seeking monopolists. By Jim Hightower | February 19, 2020 Lyndon Johnson had a saying about special interests trying to get his support to pass some…
