# Jim Hightower
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James Allen Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
== Life and career ==
Born in Denison in Grayson County in north Texas, Hightower comes from a working class background.
Greg’s Folly: Governor Abbott Gets Hoisted on His Own Petard
Greg Abbott, the right-wing hack who is governor of Texas, probably doesn’t know what a “petard” is, but he’s now been hoisted by a big one. “Hoist on a petard” is a Shakespearean phrase referring to a bomb maker being blown sky high by his own creation.
Abbott’s bombastic saga began last year, whe…
Jim Hightower joins Tavis Smiley
Progressive activist, syndicated columnist, and bestselling author Jim Hightower talks about the moral poverty of the rich and powerful and other economic justice issues affecting the American people under the current administration.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podca…
Corporate Data Centers + NDAs = Secret Government
A West Texas cowboy saying advises: “Never sign nothing by neon.”
But that’s exactly the key operational method of the AI data center hucksters who’re foisting their exploitative, multibillion-dollar scams on local folks all across America. Corporate slicks for outfits like Amazon, Meta, Open AI, a…
Friday Signpost: Farmers and Ranchers Fight On
This past week, our friends at Farm Aid celebrated the 40th anniversary of the United Farmer and Rancher Congress, held in St. Louis. The country was in the middle of one of the worst farm crises we’d ever seen, and solutions from America’s leaders were not plentiful, nor particularly helpful. As H…
GOP Leaders Want to Take America Back… to McCarthyism
It’s one thing for someone like me say that the Republican Party has dived into the abyss of political delirium.
But it’s another thing when the Party itself confirms its collective delirium for two whole days in a made-for-TV political talk-a-thon. Their theme was: “Bring Back Joe McCarthy!”
Let’s…
Friday Signpost: Hightower & Tavis Smiley on the Fight for Fundamental Fairness
Last week, Hightower had the absolute pleasure of appearing on Tavis Smiley’s live radio talk show—a lot of great laughs, and a lot of good ground covered! From the Texas races, to America at 250, to the idea that fundamental fairness is a sense all humans share, Tavis and Hightower went deep. Tavi…
Montana Proposes a Way to Stop “Dark Money” Corruption of Our Democracy
It’s the fall harvest season, when many farm stands and homes decorate with pumpkins, corn stalks, and maybe even a straw man.
How to make a straw man? Easy – stuff a couple of burlap bags with hay and dress your “man” in an old flannel shirt, overalls, and straw hat. But today’s billionaires, corp…
Why Can’t Ill Seniors Get Even a Scrap of Dignity from Congress?
What’s wrong with us? Our nation’s moral compass, I mean.
I don’t like being a downer, just focusing on wrongs, but some wrongs stand out as morally abominable, such as this one. It’s about hundreds of thousands of our low-income elders who, toward the end of life (when frail and most vulnerable) f…
You Betcha the GOP “Loves” Small Business. Loves It to Death.
I’ve got to hand it to Washington’s Republican policy makers. They’ve come up with a truly remarkable way that, they promise, will vastly expand the number of small businesses in America. Great!
This is personal for me, for I grew up in a family that had a Main Street business in small-town Texas, …
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