Episode Archive • Hightower Lowdown

Tracking Norfolk Southern’s Derailment

March 2023

“The Wreck of the Old Ninety-Seven” is a classic bluegrass song recounting a spectacular train crash in 1903, caused by...

How to Guarantee a Train Wreck

February 2023

Stuff happens, right? I mean, who could’ve thought that in these modern times of digital monitoring of everything, something as...

Sick? Injured? Dying? Call Wall Street!

February 2023

Your doctor is out and unable to see you now. Not out for lunch or out on vacation — but...

Why Are We Letting For-Profit Health Care Kill Us?

February 2023

No one needs another outrage to worry about, but here’s one that could literally be your last worry. Our hospitals...

Would Wall Street Kill Your Granny for A Little More Profit?

February 2023

There are industries that occasionally do something rotten. And there are industries like Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Tobacco...

Love to You from Valentine, Texas

February 2023

Please be my Valentine! That is not only a warm, sweet, sometimes romantic sentiment people express in mid-February on a...

Prevaricating for Profit

February 2023

Why would anyone believe anything that a big corporation tells us? Corporate powers use lies as a core element of...

Who Taught George Santos to Be Such a Self-Serving Fraud?

February 2023

People are baffled by the surreal saga of George Santos, the bizarre Republican congress critter who is a bottomless sink...

Welcome to the US House of Crazies

January 2023

An old political saying notes that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to...

Santos Is Pathetic. McCarthy Is Disgusting. Both Should Go Away.

January 2023

Big news from Congressional Republicans: After years of failing to unearth any proof that America’s elections are corrupted by flagrant...

How Inequality Happens

January 2023

High-dollar corporate executives and Wall Street bankers keep telling us that it’s lonely at the top. Well, they should try...

Singing The Hard-Hit Wall Street Worker Blues

January 2023

I don’t usually cover sob stories, but this one is so touching it might make you cry. Or throw up....

Here’s A Wild Idea That’s Taking Root

January 2023

Growing up, I absorbed a lot of values from my Ol’ Texas Daddy – a strong commitment to the Common...

Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature?

January 2023

Sometimes, little things can be a big deal. For example, in considering ways to help protect Mother Earth from global...

Let’s Admit It: The Supreme Court is Corrupt and Clueless

January 2023

As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino – closed to commoners, but...

What’s “Supreme” About Our Extremist Supreme Court?

January 2023

Question: How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Answer: Four – calling...

Stop Right-Wing Censorship of Library Books

January 2023

Sometimes, stupid political ideas beget even stupider political tactics. For example, a faction of right-wing Republicans want to stop public...

The Perverse Vulgarity of Book Banning

January 2023

Excuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist...

How Detestable Can Corporate Bosses Be?

December 2022

There’s a new “ism” creeping into America’s vocabulary… and into our social order: Bossism. Being a boss can merely mean...

If You’re “Not Woke,” Doesn’t That Mean You’re Asleep?

December 2022

The craziest political word of the year is “woke,” as in “Don’t be woke!” It’s a command barked by far-right-wing...

Building A New Politics of “Outsiders”

December 2022

Why, you might ask, is there so much labor activism these days? Right-wing Republicans claim it’s the work of union...

2022: The Year of the Workers

December 2022

‘Tis the season of gift giving – including Time magazine handing out its somewhat pompous “Person of the Year” award....

The Madness of Sen. Joe Manchin

December 2022

If you sometimes wonder whether Congress is obtuse, narcissistic, or just stupid, Sen. Joe Manchin is evidence that the answer...

What Does Congress Think of You?

December 2022

Dick Tuck, a political prankster who made a satirical run for public office years ago, got less than 10 percent...

Who’ll Save Us from This Nutty Clique of Rich “Saviors?”

December 2022

This country needs highway signs on every interstate to caution the public about an extreme danger that lies ahead –...

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