Cops were told to savage their fellow Americans December 2003Usually, I try to give you Lowdowners a break from bad news in December, a month in which we Americans...
Tom DeLay thinks he’s God’s man in Congress November 2003In politics, especially in the South, it’s not uncommon to be tagged with a nickname. In my first run for...
Who’s counting our votes? Bushite corporate bosses October 2003Welcome to WallyWorld. Like some combination of Oz, Alice’s Wonderland, and the Brothers Grimm, it’s a fabulistic realm ripe with...
Bush, Ashcroft & Co. vs. Jefferson, Madison & Co. September 2003It’s September 11–do you know where John Ashcroft is? It’s been two years since America was attacked by Al Qaeda...
Citizens triumph over the kleptocrats August 2003klepltolcrat naltion (klep´te krat´ na´shen) n. 1. A body of people ruled by thieves. 2. A government characterized by the practice of...
The corporate push for more trade scams July 2003Imagine, if you will, a well-scrubbed candidate for president, the Senate, or the House of Representatives holding a campaign press...
CEOs pay themselves $7,452 an hour (on average) June 2003A national magazine recently featured a story about the paychecks of corporate CEOs. The cover featured a pink-faced pig dressed...
These guys have launched World War IV May 2003Where are we headed? What’s behind the bellowing bellicosity of the Bushites, so mindlessly amplified by the war-whooping media and...
How a clerical error made corporations “people” April 2003There’s a historic date that our country ought to mark every year, which has had as great an impact on...
Most of the world says no to Dubya’s war March 2003hat a great country we live in—born of rebellion, and rebellious still! Yes, yes, I realize that many would think...
How did we get in this handbasket? February 2003Some days, I listen to the bushwah coming from Congress or the White House and I find myself asking, “Who...
The homeland rebels against the security act January 2003Alberto Fujimori is the disgraced former president of Peru who claims that, from 1990 to 2000, he smashed two revolutionary...
If you’re not using the party, let us borrow it December 2002You know that we progressives had a rough election when one of our bright spots was in the Oklahoma referendum...
Local and organic farmers fight back November 2002Harry Truman said: “No man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” The problem with our recent presidents, however—including los...
The bush gang’s plan to rule the world October 2002Hoo-boy. Look out, world, here comes King George the W, all saddled up on his war pony, decked out in...
Locking down democracy to keep america “free” September 2002Just a month before taking over the White House, George W. said of America’s government: “If this were a dictatorship,...
A bunkered government behind an iron veil August 2002In Mexican-American communities along the Texas Gulf Coast, there’s an old adage, or dicho: “El camarón que se duerme se...
Bush’s military budget costs us our future July 2002As early-20th-century humorist Kin Hubbard noted, “The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.” Beware, then,...
Stop the corporate takeover of our water June 2002The greater villains are loose in our world today, literally thirsting to take things that are yours and mine—and this...
Let’s make higher ed. free for all americans May 2002Whenever you hear that George W. Bush, Tom Daschle, or any of the other top politicos in Washington has announced...
How wal-mart is remaking our world April 2002Corporations rule. No other institution comes close to matching the power that the 500 biggest corporations have amassed over us....
Don’t focus on enron, focus on the system March 2002Ken Lay’s ambition was to make Enron a household name, and now he’s got his wish. All the cogs and...
Looting the treasury February 2002Not even our sagacious friend Obey could have imagined how many big mistakes would be pushed through Congress by selfish...
Let’s declare energy independence — now! January 2002Twenty years ago, there was a lively, good-time beer joint in my town of Austin called the Raw Deal. It...
Lets all build some downhome democracy December 2001In my constant travels and talks throughout our country, I find that something big is happening at America’s grassroots that...
