December 2012 Archives • Hightower Lowdown

America’s new political landscape

FOX TV YAKKER Bill O'Reilly was a sad old man on election night. "The white establishment is now the minority," he keened, adding, with a tremulous moan: "It's not a traditional America anymore." Yeah, old w... Read more...

The boss man gets bossier

CITIZENS UNITED not only unleashed the Big Dogs of corporate money in this election, but it also unleashed mad-dog corporate bosses to tell employees how to vote. Prior to that Court ruling, corporate funds cou... Read more...

Wall Street, the Kochs, and Rove lost to the people– so let’s make Washington govern for the people

Political thieves are already plotting to steal our 2012 victory As I learned from experience in my "vote-for-me" period, the nature of the political scramble is this: You win some, you lose some. Co... Read more...