A tiny bug spreads happiness

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 1/27/12

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

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 1/26/12

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

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 1/25/12

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

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 1/24/12

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

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 1/23/12

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.

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