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National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, co-editor of the monthly "Hightower Lowdown" and author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Ba...
“Mingy” is a useful word. It merges stingy with mean, pretty well summing up the prevailing ethic of today’s corporate bosses. Take mingy CE...
There are towns in Texas named New Deal, Fair Play, Progresso, Utopia—and even Buck Naked! But what you won’t find is any town called “Moder...
Congress keeps churning out laws that the great majority of us have explicitly, consistently, and loudly said we do not want ! Are those law...
Even in this ugly era of political divisiveness under “King Donald,” some things remain bigger than partisan politics. For example, travel d...
“Stand back,” shout Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires, “geniuses at work!” They refer to themselves, of course, demanding that public offic...
There’s a clique of plutocratic, high-tech billionaires who think they’re entitled to turn America’s farmlands and rural communities into th...
Here they come again. Every couple of decades another infestation of smiling, winking, fast-talking, corporate hucksters descends on rural A...
Given the increasing dominance of right-wing politics by arrogant, super-rich Tech Bros, here’s a question about wealth inequality for you b...
Most people believe the American economy is being rigged by and for bankers, CEOs, and other superrich elites, because… well, because it is!...
Our future was pronounced dead last week. I mean that glorious future of The Metaverse , promised to us by Silicon Valley’s tech and financi...
Oh, gosh, there goes another one – another billionaire “flighty bird,” angrily flitting away from the home nest that long nurtured him. This...
We Americans are barraged these days with multiple crises, so, I hate to add anything else to our list of worries. But I’m told this one is...
At last, someone with some common sense in their head, some basic humanity in their heart, and some fundamental democratic values in their s...
Trust me when I say that a home on I ndian Creek Island is not for you. First of all, you’re not a billionaire. But even a billion bucks wou...
Greetings, Lowdowners—Deanna here! In January, p aid subscribers got 45 minutes of unfiltered Hightower at our Happy Hour Q&A . If you misse...
Bribery of a lawmaker used to be a straightforward retail transaction between the special interest briber and a specific bribee. But the Sil...
The Democratic Party establishment is rolling out its arsenal of big funders and political consultants, trying to defeat… Democrats. Huh? Ye...
Greetings, Lowdowners—Deanna here. This spring, we’re doing something a little different. Over the next few weeks, we’re opening the gates a...
To see how the game of “Rig the System” is played, consider the shameful corporate gaming of the horror of California wildfires that have be...
America’s present president is like those egos who feel entitled to carve their name into every park bench they sit on, apparently to “make...
Here’s something we don’t get to say very often: “Way to go Mississippi!” This state has long been ranked dead last in important measurement...
In 1988, I was one of only two white elected Democratic officials in all of America to endorse Jesse Jackson to be our party’s nominee for P...
How are monopolistic corporations able to gain their economic dominance? They get politicians to give it to them. Consider the old robber ba...
Except for Zorro and Batman, people who put on masks to hide their identity when going to work are rarely up to any good. And as Americans l...
George Orwell spoke bluntly about the nefarious nature of advertising, calling it “the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.” Even Orwe...
Years ago, when I announced that I was leaving my job as editor of The Texas Observer to run for political office, I had to admit that into...
While the production of my Lowdown commentaries is high-tech, I confess that I’m antiquated. I still write each piece in longhand , applying...
There are industries that occasionally do something rotten. And there are industries like Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Tobacco – that persis...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jimhightower.substack.com Thanks to all of you who joined us last night for ou...
Reminder: Join us TONIGHT at 6pm CT for Happy Hour with Hightower ! The US military has long been an easy mark – for our own avaricious corp...
Reminder: Join us live this Thursday at 6pm CT for Happy Hour with Hightower ! If you’re ever asked to define the word oxymoron, just say, “...
WARNING: News headlines can give you a headache. For example, take typical headlines on today’s environmental stories: * Earth’s climate get...
One of the most obnoxious sounds in nature is the whine of a Wall Street banker. It’s a cross between the tantrum of a peevish brat and the...
Interesting fact: While all federal officials take an oath that they will support the US Constitution, Supreme Court justices must also take...
In my childhood years, I got to experience something I’ve cherished ever since: Starry nights. I was lucky to spend time during the summers...
Recent polling confirms what you’d hear if you talked to people at most any Chat & Chew Café across America – namely, our political system i...
There’s greed… and then there’s the nauseating greed of profiteering corporations that make a killing – literally – by knowingly contaminati...
Dare we think that the New Year holds tremendous promise for progressive change? Yes! As practically every pundit notes, Trump’s White House...
As we head into a momentous election year, with state and national legislative seats up for grabs, even let-them-eat-cake Republicans are sc...
In keeping with the season, I offer a little political anecdote about Christmas. More specifically, it’s about the moral teachings of the bi...
The high priests of Holy High Tech are in a huff, wailing that they’re being bothered by you busybodies, Luddites, and commoners – ie, The P...
Ho-Ho-Ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I’m giving to some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each of our Congress critters, I...
Ahh, Christmas time! The joy of children’s laughter! A time for caring, sharing, and giving! So, why not make this Christmas a time for givi...
Having grown up in a small-business family, I’m a big proponent of free enterprise. But I detest corporatism. The corporate powers try to co...
What a mess. I mean America’s corporatized, bureaucratic, profiteering medical system. It’s as though the Marx Brothers and Franz Kafka cons...
Let’s all sing the holiday classic: “All I want for Christmas… Is Something Not Made of Plastic.” Easier sung than done. Plastic is now ubiq...
Look out – the corporate cat is out of the bag! This particular “cat” is the fast-metastasizing software technology called “artificial intel...
These days, with so much economic greed and political meanness in the news, it’s hard to lift your head up and notice the common goodness an...
Oh, thank goodness for Donald Trump! As millions of families struggle with the ever-rising price of groceries, The Donald is bragging that h...
As one who ekes out a modest living running my mouth on radio and Substack, I hesitate to critique others who do the same – even though I mi...