Jim Hightower tau piav raws li qhov tsawg tshaj plaws ntawm hom: "Ib lub zeem muag nrog tus nees siab thiab tus thawj coj nrog kev lom zem." Niaj hnub no, Hightower yog ib tus neeg hwm tshaj plaws "sab nraum Washington" cov thawj coj hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Tus kws sau ntawv, tus kws tshaj lij xov tooj cua thiab tus tswv tsev, tus neeg hais lus pej xeem thiab kev nom kev tswv, Texan tau siv sijhawm ntau tshaj li ob xyoo caum tawm tsam Washington thiab Wall Street sawv cev ntawm cov neeg siv khoom, cov menyuam yaus, cov tsev neeg ua haujlwm, cov neeg ua haujlwm ib puag ncig, kev lag luam me thiab cov neeg ncaj ncees. Txoj cai tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, Hightower tau mus ua haujlwm ua tus pab tsim cai lij choj rau Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough, tsis muaj kev ywj pheej / cov neeg pej xeem stalwart nyob rau hauv lub cranky, feem ntau conservative xeev. Thaum xyoo 1970s nws tau mus rau Agribusiness Accountability Project, sau ntau phau ntawv thiab ua tim khawv rau Congress txog tib neeg cov nqi ntawm kev lag luam profiteering thiab tus nqi ntawm kev noj qab haus huv, kev sib koom ua liaj ua teb. Los ntawm 1977 txog 1979, nws tau kho Texas Observer, ib tug pos nyob rau sab ntawm Texas Neanderthal politicians thiab ib tug hotbed ntawm thawj-rate journalism. Xyoo 1982, Hightower tau raug xaiv los ua Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Liaj Ua Teb hauv Texas thiab tom qab ntawd rov xaiv dua hauv xyoo 1986. Cov ntawv tshaj tawm thoob plaws lub xeev tau muab sijhawm rau nws los tawm tsam rau hom kev cai lij choj thiab kev tswj hwm cov thawj coj sawv cev rau tsev neeg ua liaj ua teb thiab cov neeg siv khoom nws tau tawm tswv yim ntev. Nws kuj tau ua rau nws pom kev hauv lub tebchaws kev nom kev tswv, qhov twg Hightower tau los ua tus neeg txhawb nqa tseem ceeb ntawm Rainbow insurgents nyob rau hauv Democratic Party nyob rau hauv 1984 thiab 1988 kev xaiv tsa. Xyoo 1997 Hightower tau tso tawm ib phau ntawv tshiab, Tsis muaj dab tsi nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev tab sis daj kab txaij thiab tuag Armadillos. Hightower tseem tsim nws cov lus tshaj tawm xov tooj cua nrov thiab hais lus rau cov pab pawg thoob plaws tebchaws. Nws qhov kev ua lag luam tshiab tshaj plaws yog tsab ntawv tshaj tawm txhua hli, Lub Hightower Lowdown, uas yuav muab nws cov kev pom zoo rau cov neeg pej xeem hauv Washington thiab Wall Street - muab cov neeg siv khoom raws sij hawm cov ntaub ntawv, kev sib cav thiab lus siv hauv kev tawm tsam lub zog ntawm kev tsis paub thiab khav theeb. HIGHTOWER RADIO: Nyob los ntawm Kev Sib Tham & Chew, xov tooj cua hu xov tooj hauv xov tooj cua, pib Hnub Ua Haujlwm, 1996, thiab txuas ntxiv ua tiav nrog ntau dua 70 cov koom tes thoob tebchaws. Cov yeeb yam no suav nrog cov neeg tuaj saib nyob, cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag, cov qhua, thiab cov neeg hu xov tooj nrog cov kev xav tau zoo tshaj plaws uas tsis tau hnov ​​​​txog qhov twg hauv huab cua. Kev hloov kho tshiab thiab cov ntsiab lus ntxiv txog Hightower thiab nws cov haujlwm tuaj yeem nrhiav tau ntawm World Wide Web ntawm http://www.jimhightower.com.