Jim Hightower
OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. Distributed by OtherWords.org.
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Putting Free Speech Out to Pasture
A small-town cartoonist in Iowa got the boot when he offended a Big Ag giant.
Crime Can Pay If It’s Big Enough
For banksters like Goldman Sachs, federal criminal settlements are just a cost of doing business.
These Billboards Have Eyes
Computerized placards are literally watching you—and they may even follow you home.
NBA: The National Billboard Association?
Pro basketball teams are turning their players into running, dribbling ads.
The Great American Plane Robbery
Airlines pocketed nearly $3 billion last year from fees for folks who had to change their tickets.
For-Profit Colleges Are Scandal Machines
The nation’s for-profit, private college industry is a study in horror.
The Prison-Industrial Complex Takes Another Hit
Officials who built their careers on mass incarceration are now calling for this madness to end.
Holder Proves You Can Go Home Again
In a way, the former attorney general never really left his powerhouse corporate employer.
