jim hightower at Fighting Bob Fest 2011
Channel: Paul Baker
Date: 17/09/2011

Jim Hightower has spoken at every Fighting Bob Fest but one, and has spent more than 30 years in the trenches of public debate on behalf of consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and "just-plain-folks." Hightower is a New York Times best-selling author of seven books. His newspaper column is distributed nationally by Creators Syndicate. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations, on the web, and on Radio for Peace International. He publishes the award-winning monthly newsletter, "The Hightower Lowdown," which now has more than 135,000 subscribers and is the fastest growing political publication in the United States. He is the former editor of the Texas Observer and was twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner.