http://www.progressive.org/taxonomy/term/243/feed Jim Hightower is a regular contributor to The Progressive. He currently writes a nationally-syndicated column carried by 75 independent weekly newspapers and other publications. He also writes a monthly newsletter "The Hightower Lowdown," which has more than 125,000 subscribers. Website | RSS | Books en http://www.progressive.org/hightower1210.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower in the December/January issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>God’s great mistake on the Sixth Day was failing to demand a security deposit.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hightower1210.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GuOGFGbs_3NjQXEQlKn-Piv51jI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GuOGFGbs_3NjQXEQlKn-Piv51jI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GuOGFGbs_3NjQXEQlKn-Piv51jI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GuOGFGbs_3NjQXEQlKn-Piv51jI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:55:24 +0000 Scot Vee 154905 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/hightower1110.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower in the November 2010 issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Jim Hightower discovers one minority the GOP likes.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hightower1110.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/59p0j0pebfZ-fu0EO2HkVfEftgw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/59p0j0pebfZ-fu0EO2HkVfEftgw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/59p0j0pebfZ-fu0EO2HkVfEftgw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/59p0j0pebfZ-fu0EO2HkVfEftgw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:26:46 +0000 Scot Vee 151932 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/hightower0910.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, September 2010 Issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>The most moronic oxymoron I’ve ever heard is a “jobless recovery.”<span class="read-more"><a href="/hightower0910.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PSGUUroY5zYOcQDWBVhpE254_JQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PSGUUroY5zYOcQDWBVhpE254_JQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PSGUUroY5zYOcQDWBVhpE254_JQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PSGUUroY5zYOcQDWBVhpE254_JQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Magazine Articles Jim Hightower economy Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:32:58 +0000 Scot Vee 147690 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/hightowermay10.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, May 2010 issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>You just can’t get a nuttier bunch that the Texas Board of Education. How nutty? Take Thomas Jefferson. They did!<span class="read-more"><a href="/hightowermay10.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dixi7YoG6koLn89ITQZgW4a4sDo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dixi7YoG6koLn89ITQZgW4a4sDo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dixi7YoG6koLn89ITQZgW4a4sDo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dixi7YoG6koLn89ITQZgW4a4sDo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/hightowermay10.html#comments Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Education Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:53:44 +0000 Jim Hightower 143610 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/highapril10.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, April 2010 issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Five unelected guys in black robes have subverted our sovereignty.<span class="read-more"><a href="/highapril10.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuHZ7DVDuE5seZJaE-ZzBUXkuMU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuHZ7DVDuE5seZJaE-ZzBUXkuMU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuHZ7DVDuE5seZJaE-ZzBUXkuMU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wuHZ7DVDuE5seZJaE-ZzBUXkuMU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/highapril10.html#comments Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Corporations Supreme Court Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:51:12 +0000 Jim Hightower 139991 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/hightower0809.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, August 2009 Issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Supply is up, demand is down. So why has the price of oil risen? Because Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and other Wall Street traders that have been placing vast, unregulated, secretive bets on the future price of oil.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hightower0809.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTLQzYHVWQ3t3Lmrd8i7snNdKtE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTLQzYHVWQ3t3Lmrd8i7snNdKtE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTLQzYHVWQ3t3Lmrd8i7snNdKtE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTLQzYHVWQ3t3Lmrd8i7snNdKtE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/hightower0809.html#comments Jim Hightower economy Oil Prices Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:44:32 +0000 Jim Hightower 134622 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/mag/hightower1008.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, October 2008 Issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Tell me who you walk with,” goes the old adage, “and I’ll tell you who you are.” So let’s look at who is walking with Obama.<span class="read-more"><a href="/mag/hightower1008.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vvxkxRg0MpS1CcmEuhM6apS57gQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vvxkxRg0MpS1CcmEuhM6apS57gQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vvxkxRg0MpS1CcmEuhM6apS57gQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vvxkxRg0MpS1CcmEuhM6apS57gQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/mag/hightower1008.html#comments Jim Hightower Barack Obama Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:03:14 +0000 Jim Hightower 124663 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/mag_high0808.html <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, August 2008 Issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>The Big Oil Quintet made an appearance before Congress on May 22, singing their old standard: “The Magic of the Free Market.”<span class="read-more"><a href="/mag_high0808.html">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rUT4U_fBPQ9VL3aNMhiksCx6xoE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rUT4U_fBPQ9VL3aNMhiksCx6xoE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rUT4U_fBPQ9VL3aNMhiksCx6xoE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rUT4U_fBPQ9VL3aNMhiksCx6xoE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/mag_high0808.html#comments Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Congress White House Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:59:50 +0000 The Progressive Magazine 6825 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/mag_high0608 <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, June 2008 Issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Message to George W: Contact Earth if your spaceship ever comes near our planet.<span class="read-more"><a href="/mag_high0608">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vZMmrz0ODojGadcVLiN4rLp1kX4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vZMmrz0ODojGadcVLiN4rLp1kX4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vZMmrz0ODojGadcVLiN4rLp1kX4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vZMmrz0ODojGadcVLiN4rLp1kX4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/mag_high0608#comments Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Congress White House Sun, 25 May 2008 12:31:53 +0000 The Progressive Magazine 6496 at http://www.progressive.org http://www.progressive.org/mag_high0408 <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-extras"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-caption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jim Hightower, April 2008 Issue </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Jim Hightower gives a failing grade to the geniuses who hollowed out our economy.They say you should never ask a barber if you need a haircut.<span class="read-more"><a href="/mag_high0408">read more</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHuf67M7JamyQGxLtE50_Oip8oY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHuf67M7JamyQGxLtE50_Oip8oY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHuf67M7JamyQGxLtE50_Oip8oY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHuf67M7JamyQGxLtE50_Oip8oY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://www.progressive.org/mag_high0408#comments Magazine Articles Jim Hightower Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:03:22 +0000 The Progressive Magazine 6296 at http://www.progressive.org