When megalomanic, multi-billionaire barons of industry suddenly announce that they are boundless geniuses who must remake society, government, and nature – perk up and pay attention! Their grand schemes of social engineering almost always go...

Oklahoma troubadour Woodie Guthrie wrote a song about outlaws that was right on target:  “As through this world I’ve traveled I’ve seen lots of funny men Some’ll rob you with a six gun Some with...

Oh, thank God for Ted Cruz! Once again, the far-right-wing US Senator is saving you and me from a political horror that doesn’t exist. This is Ted’s specialty, for he seems unable to deal with...

Corporate and governmental hucksters intentionally cloak their schemes in convoluted obfuscations… so we commoners can’t really know what they’re saying… or doing to us. That’s why our Hightower Lowdown team takes pride in regularly trying...

Back to school! Bright-eyed youngsters are now back in our public classrooms, filled with questions about the world around them. Questions like: What happened to our school library, and where did our librarians go? Sadly,...

Last week, I wrote about how Labor Day was created in the 1880s by rebellious workers, but I’m celebrating the spirit again this week because a momentous new energy has been building in today’s union...

We human beings sometimes do some terrible things in pursuit of the almighty dollar. But to our credit, one moral line we humans don’t cross is to profiteer by gouging sick people on the price...

A few days ago, the city of Savannah, Georgia took an important symbolic step toward racial inclusiveness, naming one of Savannah’s 23 historic public squares for a Black woman. Susie King Taylor, born in 1848...

Peggy Lee struck a mournful chord with her hit song, “Is That All There Is?” It was about the vapidity of life, and I found myself subconsciously singing along last week as I pondered the...