Punishing Trade Pirates? It’s Complicated
China’s “Trade Pirates” see their “procurement” of American industrial secrets as — Helloooo, Donald — their “China First” policy! There’s a hierarchy of larceny in our world, from … Read more
Jim Hightower’s Column
Political commentary column by Jim Hightower. Often serious, but Jim uses his trademark biting satire to make important points.
The Tortured Madness of Trump Inc.
In his own mind, Trump just saying something makes it true — even though everyone can clearly see it’s simply his signature tortured madness. Where’s Shakespeare when we … Read more
Up Against Monopoly Markets
Most of today’s farm commodities are sold into monopoly markets, controlled by fewer and fewer multinational corporations. Farm Aid, the top-notch group of researchers and advocates who’ve tracked … Read more
The Devastation of Farm Country Is Biting Us All on the Butt
A massive depression has been building for years across American farm country, but our media and political establishments have failed to notice. A massive depression has been building … Read more
Facing the Fates: Farmers in Crisis
Farmers in crisis: Endangered by unrestrained monopolists, Trump’s trade war tantrums, the ravages of climate change and a cabal of Wall Street and Silicon Valley profiteers intent on … Read more
Is Health Care More Important Than Health Care Profits?
A majority of Americans want a major overhaul of our corporate health care system. Last year, Donald Trump said something stupid. OK, nothing astonishing about that — just … Read more
Trump to Working Class: ‘Adios, Chumps’
Lavish payouts to top-floor bosses — combined with a miserliness toward rank-and-file employees who actually produce the corporate wealth — is creating an untenable income disparity in corporate … Read more
How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers
The ‘Rights of Nature’ movement is asserting the obvious: Earth’s biosphere is not a free candy store for corporate profiteers. There’s a hunters’ nightmare in which a group … Read more
Our Privacy Rights Are Being Sold, Stolen and Stripped
Your privacy rights are out the window, because violating them generates profits. To get a job these days, chances are you’ll have to pee in a bottle. Every … Read more
How Ridiculous Is ‘Strong Man’ Trump’s Weakling Border Stand?
Trump is a pathetic weakling of a president, ridiculously masquerading as a “strong man” while outlawing Good Samaritans. The most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump’s xenophobic, demagogic assault … Read more
