Jim HightowerJim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and New York Times bestselling author who has spent four decades battling the "powers that be" on behalf of the "powers that ought to be"--consumers, woring families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected as Texas agriculture commissioner, her believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He writes a monthly newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown, that blasts through the corporate media blockade to lend new reporting and populist perspective on the events of the day. He frequently appears on television and radio programs and works closely with the alternative media. In all of his work, he keeps his ever-ready Texas humor up front, practicing the credo of an old Yugoslavian proverb: "You can fight the gods and still have fun." Read More Read Less