Is Your Job in the Robot Kill Path? March 2021Hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound… well, less unpleasant. For example, animals aren’t killed,...
A Question of Nature March 2021When corporate executives are absurdly hypocritical, yet so obtuse that they don’t even realize it, is it still hypocrisy… or...
Give Nature a Right to Self-Defense March 2021There’s a white oak tree in Athens, Georgia, that is not owned by anyone. It’s an autonomous entity – known...
The GOP’s Shameful War on Voters March 2021After looking into one of their main issues, I have to agree with Republicans: Our elections are being rigged. Anyone...
Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Jane Kleeb March 2021When you think of bold, progressive action on climate and the fight against corptocracy, do you think of . ....
What Makes Ted Cruz So Despicable? March 2021In February, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico, during the deep freeze...
What the Texas Deep Freeze Revealed March 2021I don’t know if Nero really fiddled while Rome burned, but it certainly is true that Texas Senator Ted Cruz...
TEXAS SNOWPOCALYPSE: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Beto O’Rourke February 2021Texas melted down in the miserable storm of February 2021. What happened? What needs to be done? How can others...
A wealth of riches, a poverty of morals February 2021Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? Now let’s say you’re a billionaire. That’s a lot...
Who was Smedley Darlington Butler, and why is he important? February 2021Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street...
How Do You Spell “BOSS” February 2021What is it about billionaires and multimillionaires that make them both self-entitled and clueless about the impacts of their greed?...
Why Billionaires Are Detested February 2021The renowned Western Swing bandleader Bob Wills would joyously call out in mid-song, “Take it away, Leon,” bringing on a...
Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Marcia Ball February 2021Marcia Ball is not only a great Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist, songwriter, and vocalist, but she’s also a passionate activist and...
Can Biden, a lifelong insider, learn to dance with outsiders? February 2021The Democratic Party establishment is now issuing a go-slow warning to the new president they backed. They instruct that, while...
Hey Democrats – be democrats! February 2021The Democratic Party establishment has a message for us progressives: Go away! That club of don’t-rock-the-corporate-boat congressional leaders and their...
The Problem With Plastic… Is Plastic January 2021In a world that’s clogged and choking with a massive overdose of plastic trash, you’ll be heartened to learn that...
Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Nse Ufot, New Georgia Project January 2021Everyone’s looking at Georgia’s victories as a modern Biblical miracle, as if electing two Democratic senators and flipping the state...
The Plasticization of Planet Earth January 2021What does your toothbrush, a fish dinner, and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet...
The corporate mob behind Trump January 2021You can’t poke into any issue in Congress without stumbling over sacks full of corporate campaign donations – and the...
Who’s really behind the desecration of our Capitol? January 2021The ransacking and terrorizing of Congress by violent Trumpeteers is an outrage, right? Even Republican congressional leaders have rushed to...
What America can learn from the Animal kingdom January 2021Are we back to the jungle, an animalistic society with roaming packs of foam-at-the-mouth beasts howling for the enthronement of...
Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Sharon Lavigne & Anne Rolfes January 2021For decades, giant petrochemical corporations have piled into the poor — and predominantly Black — parishes of Louisiana, wreaking toxic...
Timeless truths for trying times January 2021What’s wrong with people? Has the savagery, selfishness, and raw, animal hatred within the human species finally come out of the darkness...
Is more technology the answer to too much technology? January 2021We humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and...
Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Zephyr Teachout January 2021The consolidation of corporate power into massive monopolies and cartels hijacks the economy and imperils American democracy. But what can...
