Hightower Lowdown

He's done it again! Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, has spewed another gusher of nonsense out of his mouth, which seems to run non-stop. Forget capping the oil well –... [read more]

Wherever you live in our Land of the Free, you can count your lucky stars for Texas. That's because year-in and year-out, the Lone Star State sets the national standard for all-star political wackiness, so... [read more]

I hate to ask a rude question in the midst of a national disaster, but here goes: How much money is BP spending on the almost-daily full-page newspaper ads it's running all across the country... [read more]

Gosh, how quickly things turn – one day you're a strutting peacock, the next day you're just another gasping, oil-covered bird.

In early April, BP was strutting about in full corporate... [read more]

"Tony Two-step" is too much, isn't he? Tony Hayward, I mean, the slick CEO of BP who keeps trying to dance his way around the public's fury over the oily mess he and other top... [read more]