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December 31, 2004
Real men don't drive Hummers; and, you will submit to
Big Brother … um, voluntarily
Jim Hightower
December 24, 2004
Jim spreads some holiday cheer
Jim Hightower
December 17, 2004
Governments won't support local business, so we have to; and 'Support Our Troops' – and their families – must be more than rhetoric
Jim Hightower
December 10, 2004
No need for a babysitter, Big Brother will do it; and
Britain has moral scolds just like America
Jim Hightower
December 3, 2004
All-American Spam adopts an English accent; and big
airlines stiff their workers
Jim Hightower
November 26, 2004
Some elections are clean, but the GOP campaigns
dirty
Jim Hightower
November 19, 2004
Wal-Mart gets indignant; and Cheney gets churlish
Jim Hightower
November 12, 2004
Public schools sell their soul, and Lockheed sells us
flying lemons
Jim Hightower
November 5, 2004
Let's rein in CEO pay; and, 'conservatives' support
Big Brotherism
Jim Hightower
October 29, 2004
Dubya paints rosy pictures of the war and job creation … and on both, he's lying
Jim Hightower
October 22, 2004
The Bushites harass a grieving war mom; and the prez cozies up to Pervez
Jim Hightower
October 15, 2004
Mad scientists and Big Brother … maybe we
should be paranoid!
Jim Hightower
October 8, 2004
Bloomberg applauds as New York's finest crack down on the First Amendment; and 'foolproof' electronic voting looks foolish
Jim Hightower
October 1, 2004
Get ready for the sweatshop tsunami; and Congress gives itself a raise
Jim Hightower
September 24, 2004
No Child Left Behind leaves the funding behind; and Richard Perle bungles on the battlefield and in the boardroom
Jim Hightower
September 17, 2004
The Department of Homeland Security shills for Big Insurance; and Dubya uses Nixon's old hatchet man against Kerry
Jim Hightower
September 10, 2004
Fake Texans sue 'True Blue' ones; and Ashcroft cracks down on legal, peaceful dissent
Jim Hightower
September 3, 2004
The culture of lying goes cellular; and Wal-Mart tries to buy a new image
Jim Hightower
August 27, 2004
Corporate stadium names turn Mudville into Anywhere, USA; and Frank Keating dupes our brave soldiers for big bucks
Jim Hightower
August 20, 2004
The conventions offer TV-worthy news, if the networks would just look for it; and, teach English to foreigners! … so they can take your job
Jim Hightower
August 13, 2004
All is not lost: Grassroots activists win court battles; and the Pentagon revolving door is profitable for Bush buddies
Jim Hightower
August 6, 2004
Punishing thought crimes: Bush cracks down on dissent, and the GOP rejects your right to read
Jim Hightower
July 30, 2004
The Bushites plot to cancel our election; Diebold taints
it
Jim Hightower
July 23, 2004
John Cornyn thinks he's smarter than the founding fathers; and Republicans slash funding for parks
Jim Hightower
July 16, 2004
Light rail – it's not just for lefties anymore; and parks officials are forced to be Bush spokesmen
Jim Hightower
July 9, 2004
The economy has 'improved' … so why aren't you smiling? And meet Macedonia, our 'anti-terror' ally.
Jim Hightower
July 2, 2004
Farmer David fights Monsanto Goliath; and it's not torture if Bush says it's not
Jim Hightower
June 25, 2004
National political conventions: bought and paid for; and vets need Bush to put the money where his mouth is
Jim Hightower
June 18, 2004
Oh, the indignity! Royalty gets the commoner treatment, sort of; and 'offshoring' gets a new name
Jim Hightower
June 11, 2004
The horrors of war just keep unfolding
Jim Hightower
June 4, 2004
George W. Bush goes easy on the rich … and Donald Trump needs it!
Jim Hightower
May 28, 2004
Spider-Man gets kicked out of baseball; Bush and Rummy deny responsibility for torture
Jim Hightower
May 21, 2004
Nanotechnology will rain gold on us just like, um, high tech did; and Colin Powell promises jobs … to India
Jim Hightower
May 14, 2004
Corporate advertising pisses me off; and, the rich get richer
Jim Hightower
May 7, 2004
Social Security: It ain't broke, so don't fix it; and, productivity has gone up – so why hasn't your paycheck?
Jim Hightower
April 30, 2004
Time to play Medicare Gotcha; and, if the Pentagon fears global warming, why doesn't George W.?
Jim Hightower
April 23, 2004
Tyco stays the course, and the USDA rolls over for Big Beef
Jim Hightower
April 16, 2004
Democracy confronts Karl Rove, and CEOs tout offshoring
Jim Hightower
April 9, 2004
The new boom is still a bust for many; and the White House gets favorable press – from itself
Jim Hightower
April 2, 2004
Next on the regime-change list: Venezuela; and, Mendocino County rejects Frankenfoods
Jim Hightower
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