Corporate elites and their small-minded political servants are creating the Incredibly Shrinking America
"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." What a paragraph! This sparse, 52-word opening of our Constitution did not merely launch a fledgling nation--but a bold experiment in democratic idealism.
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. [
The Chief Twinkie at Hostess goes Ding Dong
Here's a case of good news oozing out of bad news, and vice versa.
The bad news is that Hostess Brands has sunk into bankruptcy. It couldn't stay afloat with the... [read more]
Newt Gingrich: the spawn of Citizens United
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The Supreme Court, What a joke!
Supreme Court justices don't strike me as a fun-loving bunch. I mean, would you really want to waste your down-time with the perpetually petulant Clarence Thomas, or kick back with the supercilious Antonin Scalia?
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Rick Perry goes from "wow" to "oops" to "ouch"
To the relief of most Texans, our prodigal governor hath returned.
Most presidential pretenders envision a come-from-behind campaign ending in glory, but Rick Perry ran a vainglorious campaign that went... [read more]
The Adelson campaign: buying our future
Already, four of the GOP presidential contenders have had to drop out – Michele Bachmann because she was too wacky, Jon Huntsman because he was too sane, Herman Cain because he was too exposed, and... [read more]
A tiny bug spreads happiness
Great news, people: a hot spot of nine-spotted ladybugs has been spotted in Amagansett, New York!
This uplifting story is a rich organic mixture of state pride, nature's resilience, America's scientific... [read more]