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August 23, 2002
Bush's Social Security Fantasies; Congress Does It Again
Jim Hightower
August 16, 2002
Dubya plays corporate performer -- but it's just pretend; and Congress sells out its trade authority for cold, hard cash.
Jim Hightower
August 9, 2002
Bush keeps emphasizing the "shadow" in "shadow government" and Segway tries to push you off the sidewalk.
Jim Hightower
August 2, 2002
It's easy to make nuclear waste safe -- just pass a law saying it's so; and, dishonesty permeates the corporate culture -- even CEOs' golf games.
Jim Hightower
July 26, 2002
Bush barks but barely bites, and MBNA buys a Congressman … on credit.
Jim Hightower
July 19, 2002
George W.'s corporate scolding reeks of hypocrisy; the Pentagon buys into Hollywood.
Jim Hightower
July 12, 2002
The state department says good journalism is treason; and San Antonians fight a golf course over the aquifer.
Jim Hightower
July 5, 2002
Bush wants to spend your taxes on missile defense, but won't tell you if it works; and, WWJD -- What Would Jim Do?
Jim Hightower
June 28, 2002
The Business Roundtable fights for CEOs' rights to rip off stockholders; Bushites fight for more bureaucracy and big government; and Tom DeLay fights for the rich.
Jim Hightower
June 21, 2002
Reliant CEO Finds Religion; Edison Has the Vapors
Jim Hightower
June 14, 2002
The "outernet industry want advertising on the inside of your eyelids; WorldCom moneyslinger Bernie Ebbers dies by his own gun; and the un-American activities of Stanley Works.
Jim Hightower
June 7, 2002
Ari Fleischer serves as Fibber-in-Chief; Cadillac puts on its hat and boots; and truth is stranger than fiction in CorporateWorld.
Jim Hightower
May 31, 2002
George W. puffs out his chest over Cuba, and Dick Cheney invites Jim to dinner.
Jim Hightower
May 24, 2002
Wal-Mart cares about its employees -- especially the dead ones; giving the finger to corporations could cost you your privacy; and Tattered Cover stands up for its customers' rights.
Jim Hightower
May 17, 2002
Bush's policy toward democracy is loaded with irony; Corporate Big Brother is watching you shop; Our government legal robs us -- of our rights.
Jim Hightower
May 10, 2002
The Smithsonian gets sold to the highest bidder; a tiny university builds a first-rate baseball stadium; and a common weed killer plays havoc with Mother Nature.
Jim Hightower
May 3, 2002
Kmart gives its CEO the blue light and workers the pink slip; corporate taxes disappear into the Bermuda Triangle; Vignette rewards failure.
Jim Hightower
April 26, 2002
Bush likes democracy, except when he doesn't; business is a poor model for government; The Book Thing gives reading material to the needy.
Jim Hightower
April 19, 2002
Alan Greenspan's laissez faire fantasy; a Congressman teaches the wrong lesson; and readers re-name Enron.
Jim Hightower
April 12, 2002
Dubya will save us from pollution -- with gas masks; polluters get "greenwashing" awards; the Cardinals pitch St. Louis a screwball.
Jim Hightower
April 5, 2002
The new campaign finance reform law still has big loopholes; Bush's Army Secretary is a stealth Enronite; and toys make some kids very unhappy.
Jim Hightower
March 29, 2002
Disney shows its commitment to journalism with the Koppel-Letterman flap; the Bushites are Bozos.
Jim Hightower
March 22, 2002
Republicans and Democrats march off to the money wars; Dick Cheney does business with Iraq; and baseball speeds up -- to its own detriment.
Jim Hightower
March 15, 2002
Dubya's "tax rebate" was really a deceptive slight of hand; overworked doctors endanger your life; and a contest to rename Enron.
Jim Hightower
March 8, 2002
Dubya lets polluters make messes, but we pay for the clean-up; the computer industry isn't as clean as it would like us to think; and the National Academy of Scientists calls for closer scrutiny of biotech.
Jim Hightower
March 1, 2002
The Pentagon lies to us … and unashamedly admits it; Global Crossing investors and employees get Enronized; New York City whores its parks to the highest bidder.
Jim Hightower
February 22, 2002
George W. wants you to get a job, but won't pay for training; and, like his father, he's trying to get us into another oil war; also, drug companies use cash to get your doctor's recommendation.
Jim Hightower
February 15, 2002
Brazil's indigenous people battle corporate biopirates; the Bush appointee calendar is 12 months of ugly; and the Century Club lets in the riff-raff.
Jim Hightower
February 8, 2002
Linda Lay is a poor little rich girl; the WTO bites its own creators; Enron got what it paid for.
Jim Hightower
February 1, 2002
Using cows to explain Enron; dumping nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain; and crying in your champagne at Austin's 360 Summit.
Jim Hightower
January 25, 2002
Enron's true crimes are the legal things it did; Boeing patriotically rips off us taxpayers; and Bob Barr acts like a crack smoker.
Jim Hightower
January 18, 2002
Tom Daschle goes whoring for gold; SBC changes the rules; Rudy Giuliani tries to steal home -- playing against the taxpayers.
Jim Hightower
January 11, 2002
Bill Clinton won't go away; a Harvard economist says you're poor because you deserve to be; Charles Schwab needs taxpayer help … to hunt ducks.
Jim Hightower
January 4, 2002
A business magazine gushes over the accounting practices of … Enron?; Bush gambles with your retirement money; and CEOs create "opportunity" by firing employees.
Jim Hightower
April 6, 2001
The Bush budget and children's welfare, Pete Domenici and nuclear power & Jonah Goldberg on the joys of sweatshops
Jim Hightower
March 30, 2001
Star Wars boondoggle, MBNA's bankruptcy fraud, and the CIA's cooked books
Jim Hightower
March 23, 2001
Killing workplace safety rules, Paul O'Neill's Alcoa conflict, and Poppy's international hustle
Jim Hightower
March 16, 2001
Selling the Commons; The Corporate Tax-Dodgers
Jim Hightower
March 9, 2001
Bush's 'Real, Live Americans'; Nike's 'Freedom to Choose'
Jim Hightower
March 2, 2001
Treasury Sec. Paul O'Neill pitches Bush tax breaks, Newt Gingrich is a business consultant, Congressional fundraising among freshman is out of control
Jim Hightower
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