DELL'S DECEPTIVE "GENIUS"

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 7/20/10

Let us now sing the praises of Dell Incorporated. The computer giant offers an object lesson for the laissez-faire ideologues who keep insisting that we should turn our government over to corporations, since they are... [read more]

AVERTING AMERICA'S "LONG DEPRESSION"

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 7/16/10

The most moronic oxymoron I've ever heard is the one being cheerfully bandied about by economists as they tell us that the Great Recession of 2008-2009 is over, exulting that we're presently experiencing a "jobless... [read more]

RETURN OF THE KATRINA TRAILERS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 7/15/10

They're baaaack. The Creepy Creatures from Hurricane Katrina are reappearing on the Gulf Coast, having been raised from the dead.

These creatures are the infamous contaminated trailers that federal emergency officials... [read more]

SPENDING ON THE RICH, CUTTING BACK ON THE REST OF US

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 7/14/10

Deficit hawks are on the fly in Washington, madly screeching that America can no longer afford... well, the American people.

Having slashed taxes for the wealthiest one-percent of our society, having... [read more]

THE CORPORATE REALITY OF CARLY AND MEG

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 7/13/10

Big news in California politics: The Golden State's GOP has nominated a pair of golden gals to try to take the state's top two political offices.

Meg Whitman, running for governor,... [read more]