Sometimes I don't know whether to weep uncontrollably, laugh hysterically, or just throw up.
I recently did all three when I saw another gusher of greed pouring out of corporate America. This one is especial... Read more...
If you’re a rich Republican who’s been in the US House so long and done so little that you’re essentially seen as a piece of congressional furniture – what do you do when faced back home with a popular, well-or... Read more...
Some people who get elected to Congress grow in office, others just bloat. Michael McCaul is a bloater.
A self-absorbed, right-wing Trumpeteer, this Texas lawmaker is about the richest guy in the US House, w... Read more...
How nasty is the Republican Party's massive campaign to thwart democracy? Ask the good people of Florida.
This was one of only three states that permanently took away the voting rights of felons – who'd comp... Read more...
Shortly after taking office, Trump puffed himself up in full Trumpian pomposity to proclaim: "We will honor the American people with the truth, and nothing else."
Well, "nothing else"... unless you count a r... Read more...
Remember when we said that we’ve got podcast specials for you? Today we've got a really special one.
Last year, Team Hightower started work on a podcast series called “The South’s Got Somethin' to Say.” We t... Read more...
Suddenly, "social distancing" is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior by us humans. Awkward. Disconcerting. Isolating.
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Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: "Where's the government?"
These are not born-again Bernie Sanders activists, but everyday people of all political stripes (including pr... Read more...
There's a hunter's nightmare in which a group of them flush some rabbits out of the brush. But rather than scampering away, the furry bunnies turn toward their stalkers. "Run," shouts one of the hunters. "Run f... Read more...
For millions of people around the globe – especially young people – the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! On fire with climate change, creating a new and intensifying norm of deadly weat... Read more...
