WHAT IT [POPULISM] IS: For some 238 years, it has been the chief political impulse in America's body politick — determinedly democratic, vigilantly resistant to the oppressive power of corporations and Wall Street, committed to grassroots percolate-up economics, and firmly rooted in my old daddy's concept of "Everybodyness," recognizing that we're all in this together. More
WHAT IT [POPULISM] IS: For some 238 years, it has been the chief political impulse in America's body politick — determinedly democratic, vigilantly resistant to the oppressive power of corporations and Wall Street, committed to grassroots percolate-up economics, and firmly rooted in my old daddy's concept of "Everybodyness," recognizing that we're all in this together. More
 "We the People have now learned that all three branches of government have furtively conspired for seven years to violate our privacy—so, no, we don't trust any of them."  Jim Hightower  Published: Wednesday 19 June 2013  NationofChange.org It's back. The Patriot Act — that grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors More
 "We the People have now learned that all three branches of government have furtively conspired for seven years to violate our privacy—so, no, we don't trust any of them."  Jim Hightower  Published: Wednesday 19 June 2013  NationofChange.org It's back. The Patriot Act — that grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors More
The Mass Media Favorites Fall Out of Favor The honchos of America’s establishment media are quick to blame such external causes as the Internet for their problems, but if they looked internally, they might notice that they’re damn near eaten-up with a bad case of conventional wisdomitis. By Jim Hightower  Wednesday 12 December 2012 NationofChange.org More
The Mass Media Favorites Fall Out of Favor The honchos of America’s establishment media are quick to blame such external causes as the Internet for their problems, but if they looked internally, they might notice that they’re damn near eaten-up with a bad case of conventional wisdomitis. By Jim Hightower  Wednesday 12 December 2012 NationofChange.org More
Speak truth to power BY JIM HIGHTOWER   Southside Pride Imagine if a couple of national leaders dared to stand up to the corporate powers that have taken control of government. Imagine if one of them came right out and said, “I [am] fed up of living in a country ruled by lies, cynicism and More
