George W's $250-million can of whitewash

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 4/29/13

Big doings in Big D – the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Museum & Institute has opened with elaborate fanfare!

And what a piece of work it is: a $250-million,... [read more]

Scrooge lives!

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 4/26/13

Ebenezer Scrooge, the Dickens character, perfectly personified the nasty rich. For example, when asked to make a charitable donation for people trapped in poverty, Scrooge curled his lip in contempt and snarled: "Are there no... [read more]

Gagging on ag-gag laws

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 4/25/13

Factory farms are not farms at all. They are corporate-run, concentration camps for pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, and other food animals.

Held in corporate confinement, these creatures of nature are denied... [read more]

Sen. Sanders makes sense on Social Security

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 4/24/13

So your heart doctor says to you: "We need to do a little open-heart surgery to make a minor tweak in your blood flow."

Whoa! Time for a second opinion!

... [read more]

Exxon covered in praise as it covers Mayflower in oil

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 4/23/13

I like the word "Gobsmacked," because it sounds like what it means: Something completely astonishing, so unbelievable that it smacks you.

For example, on... [read more]