2-minutes Archives • Page 38 of 129 • Hightower Lowdown

Super Bowl enriches NFL, stiffs host city

February 2015

How about that Super Bowl game, huh? And today, I’ve got the final score for you: The Pats 28, Seahawks... Read more...

"We the People," not We the Corporations

February 2015

In response to the Supreme Court’s freakish decision in 2010 to bestow political “personhood” on corporations, I got an email... Read more...

Where's the ethical balance of America's scales of justice?

February 2015

Is it really “fair and balanced”? I don’t mean the ridiculous Fox TV channel, whose right-wing ranters mock their own... Read more...

ALEC'S LEGISLATIVE BAWDY HOUSE

February 2015

Do you know Alec? You probably do, even though you never heard of it. Yes, “it.” Not a person, ALEC... Read more...

EXPLAINING CONGRESSIONAL MORALITY

February 2015

It’s always interesting to see Congress in action – though “interesting” can also be appalling. For example, what a sight... Read more...

Shoveling America's wealth to the top

February 2015

As an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure – it does no good unless you spread it... Read more...

Insiders aiding online, off-shore loan sharks

January 2015

When it comes to pursuing their prey, sharks are master maneuverers. Loan sharks, that is. These days, this usurious species... Read more...

Death of the lush, green lawn

January 2015

My father was an early member of a group now known disparagingly as “ultra-lawn people.” “High,” as everyone called him,... Read more...

A whining Wall Street banker pleads for pity

January 2015

Jamie is PO’d. He’s fed up with all of this populistic attitude that’s sweeping the country, and he’s not going... Read more...

Let's adopt the GOP's national platform

January 2015

Well now, here’s some unexpected news! It comes from what purports to be an official document of the National Republican... Read more...

J.P. Morgan – the man and the bank

January 2015

J.P. Morgan has really been socked in the wallet by financial regulators – a total of more than $25 billion... Read more...

The Texas government's hair-raising attack on hair braiders

January 2015

As messed up as it sounds, in the unending struggle for justice, there is such thing as a “positive negative.”... Read more...

How tacky can the Golden Arches get?

January 2015

McDonald’s is scrambling, and I’m not talking about eggs. Your know your business has what image consultants call “quality perception... Read more...

New GOP Congress rushes big favors to Wall Street

January 2015

If members of the brand-spanking new, Republican-controlled Congress are at all confused about why We the People consider them just... Read more...

McDonald's desperately seeks love

January 2015

McDonald’s, the burger behemoth, pushes its product with an advertising slogan that exuberantly proclaims, “I’m Lovin’ It.” But the slogan... Read more...

Inaugural galas for governors become influences-buying bazaars

January 2015

Hey, we’re Texas proud these days, because Greg Abbott, the incoming governor of our state has set a new gubernatorial... Read more...

Bezos buys a big piece of power

January 2015

An old cowboy aphorism says: “Speak the truth. But ride a fast horse.” From the 1970s into the 1990s, there... Read more...

Corporate coup d'etat

January 2015

Look out America – here comes the Trans Pacific Partnership! Dubbed “a corporate coup d’etat” by Public Citizen’s Global Trade... Read more...

Keeping our COOL

January 2015

When I was a tyke, momma warned me not to eat anything unless I knew where it came from. That’s... Read more...

The pastoral Pope

January 2015

Old songs occasionally need to be refreshed with updated verses – such as this: “Old McPope had a farm /E-I-E-I-O/... Read more...

A corporate power grab is underway, so where's the media?

January 2015

If you need a good, doable New Year’s resolution, try this: “I resolve to do my part this year to... Read more...

Cannabis: America's Common Sense Crop

January 2015

Until recent years, cannabis prohibitionists have been able to intimidate most reform-minded politicians by simply threatening to brand them as... Read more...