THE BUSH LEGACY PROJECT

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 1/5/09

George W – what a guy!

Just ask him, he’ll tell you. The two-termer who spent much of his tenure avoiding any media scrutiny, now is collaring reporters for farewell interviews,... [read more]

SPECULATORS AND OUR FOOD: EIEIO!

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 1/2/09

Oh, this is just dandy! Hedge fund schemers and Wall Street manipulators – the very characters who brought us the Great American Housing Collapse – have a new target for their fast-buck profiteering: farming. EIEIO!

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ONE MOTHER MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 1/1/09

Ordinary Americans can make a big difference, even against great odds, when they dare to stand up and challenge The Powers That Be.

Cheryl Harris dared to confront two of the... [read more]

LET’S BUST WALL STREET BANK ROBBERS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 12/31/08

On September 19, Ryan Mueller was sentenced in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to six years in prison for stealing $20 from a toddler’s piggy bank.

Think how much better things would have gone... [read more]

AIRLINES OUTSOURCING OUR SAFETY AND JOBS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 12/29/08

Airlines have been cutting everything from pillows to staff – but what about cutting corners on the structural safety of their planes?

Well, fasten you seatbelts. Beneath the radar of the... [read more]