If you’re a corporate employee, you know that something unpleasant is afoot when top executives are suddenly issuing statements about how committed they are to their employees, making sure that all of them are treated with dignity and respect. Continue reading
When I was a tyke, cowboy actors were marketed as role models for little backyard cowpokes like me. We could send off to get a certificate making us “Pals of the Saddle” or some such with Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, or others. Continue reading
Mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers. Continue reading
Herd immunity is important in stopping deadly viruses, but in politics the herd instinct can send a whole species over a cliff. Continue reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his own life as a model of perfect rectitude. “The louder he talked of his honor,” said Emerson, “the faster we counted our spoons.” Continue reading
Here’s a thought-provoking bumper sticker: “The system is fixed. We must break it.” Continue reading
At a recent congressional hearing on America’s so-called “labor shortage,” megabanker Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, offered this insight: “People actually have a lot of money, and they don’t particularly feel like going back to work.” Continue reading
Corporate ideologues never cease blathering that government programs should be run like a business. Continue reading
“Outrageous,” screeched the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It doesn’t feel fair,” whimpered a top corporate executive. Continue reading
Not only are the rich different from you and me—they’re getting more different than ever. Continue reading
It’s tough being rich. For one thing, you have to be on constant alert to keep commoners from encroaching on your turf and upsetting your sense of proper social order. Continue reading
We’ve got the Academy Awards, the Emmys, and Grammys. But what should we call the award for the most extraordinary performance by a corporate profiteer? Continue reading
Oh great—here comes a new stealth attack on the fragile, life-sustaining natural resources of Planet Earth. This latest assault by Wall Street alchemists would redefine one of our most basic resources: water. Continue reading
It’s time for America to go back to the future—a future of true greatness created by a people united to build a strong nation for the common good. Continue reading
After looking into one of their main issues, I have to agree with Republicans: Our elections are being rigged. Continue reading
The past year proves that a lot of conventional economic wisdom is neither true nor wise. Continue reading
There is a weasel word that politicians use whenever something goes wrong on their watch: “unacceptable.” Continue reading
We can’t just settle for disinfecting the White House after four-years of Trump. A fundamental, structural rebuild is necessary, including on health care, immigration, the environment, civil rights, labor law, and infrastructure. Continue reading
What is it about billionaires and multimillionaires that make them so clueless about the impacts of their greed? Continue reading
The Democratic Party establishment is now issuing a go-slow warning to the new president they backed. Continue reading
What do your toothbrush and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. Continue reading
Much to the embarrassment of major corporations, their political donations were traced to the mayhem of January 6. Continue reading
What’s wrong with people? Has the savagery, selfishness, and raw, animal hatred within the human species finally come out of the darkness to devour our society? Continue reading
Ho ho ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America’s power elites for Christmas. Continue reading
America certainly has an abundance of food, even though many Americans do not. We face a momentous choice of whether to pursue a food future rooted in the ethic of sustainable agri-culture — or one based on the exploitative ethic of agri-industry. Continue reading
Trump may have lost his bid for reelection, but many will still wonder: How has America turned so right-wing that a narcissistic, wannabe-dictator like Trump was even in the running? Continue reading
Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? Now let’s say you’re a billionaire. That’s a lot more money! But how much more? Continue reading
Sometimes I don’t know whether to weep uncontrollably, laugh hysterically, or just throw up. Continue reading
If you’re a rich Republican who’s done nothing in the House of Representatives for so long that you’re essentially seen as a piece of furniture, what do you do when faced with a popular, well-organized, grassroots opponent who’s about to overtake you? Continue reading
How nasty is the Republican Party’s massive campaign to thwart democracy? Ask the good people of Florida. Continue reading
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The fix is in on fixing things
Big corporations want to make it illegal for you to repair the devices you bought from them.
Posted on August 31, 2021 by Jim Hightower
America’s economic and political inequality has led workaday Americans to exclaim: “The system is broken. Let’s fix it!” Continue reading →