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"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.
Newt Gingrich: the spawn of Citizens United
Thursday, February 2, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
In its Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court upended our democratic elections by decreeing that corporations and über-wealthy individuals can dump unlimited sums of cash into campaigns to elect their favored candidates. Astonishingly, Justice... [read more]
The Supreme Court, What a joke!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
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?
... [read more]
Rick Perry goes from "wow" to "oops" to "ouch"
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
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
Monday, January 30, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
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
Friday, January 27, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
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]
GOP "mad as a hatter" about EPA mercury regs
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Why do congressional Republicans hate unborn babies?
Yeah, I know they profess to love the unborn, even considering them "persons" from... [read more]
Getting stuck on America's economic ladder
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
One of the hidebound myths in our culture is the Horatio Alger fantasy: you might be born poor, Bucko, but America's the land of upward mobility – anyone with grit and gumption can scramble from... [read more]
An ugly surprise from big oil
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The corporatists in Congress barked at Obama that he must approve that Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Because the Exxons and Chevrons need a way to get all that Canadian tar... [read more]
America's class divide
Monday, January 23, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
What planet does presidential wannabe Rick Santorum live on? When it comes to grasping the situation of America's hard-hit workaday majority, this sweater-vested, ultra-right-winger is further out than Pluto.
... [read more]
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]