How to Get on Radio Talk Shows All Across America w/o Leaving Home This Broad's Life: The Raucous, Riveting Autobiography of the Most Outrageous Radio Talk-Show Host in America Today You Can't Say That : Common Sense From America's Number One Gay Radio Talk Show Host How to Get On Radio Talk Shows All Across America Talk Show Selects 1999: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows Talk Show Selects 1998: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows (1998 Edition) Talk Show Yearbook 2000: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows (Talk Show Selects, 2000) Conduct a National Radio Talk Show Tour Without Leaving Your Home or Office...Without Paying a Cent for Air Time (How to Make People Buy Whatever You)

Jim Hightower

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James Allen "Jim" Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is a well-known progressive activist and a former Texas Agricultural Commissioner.

Born in Sherman, Texas, Hightower came from a working-class background. He worked his way through college as assistant general manager of the Denton Chamber of Commerce, and later landed a spot as a management trainee for the United States Department of Commerce. He received a B.A. in government from North Texas State University and later did graduate work at Columbia University in international affairs.

In the late 1960s he worked in Washington, D.C. as legislative aide to U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough. He returned to Texas in 1976 to become the editor of the magazine Texas Observer. His first run for office was for the Democratic nomination for the Texas Railroad Commission which he lost. Hightower was elected Agricultural Commissoner in 1983, serving in that capacity to 1991. He was defeated in 1990 by current Texas governor and former Democrat, Rick Perry, a Karl Rove client.

Since 1993, he has hosted a talk radio program, "Hightower Radio," carried by over 100 affiliates. Recently, Hightower has been involved in a project called the "Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour," a series of festivals in various communities thoughout the United States with the goal of organizing grassroots activism.

Books by Jim Hightower

• There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos (1997; ISBN 0060929499)
• If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They'd Have Given Us Candidates (2001; ISBN 0060932090)

References

• Greg Palast -- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2002)

External link

• Wikiquote - Quotes by Jim Hightower

How to Get on Radio Talk Shows All Across America w/o Leaving Home		This Broad's Life: The Raucous, Riveting Autobiography of the Most Outrageous Radio Talk-Show Host in America Today		You Can't Say That : Common Sense From America's Number One Gay Radio Talk Show Host		How to Get On Radio Talk Shows All Across America
Talk Show Selects 1999: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows		Talk Show Selects 1998: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows (1998 Edition)		Talk Show Yearbook 2000: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows (Talk Show Selects, 2000)		Conduct a National Radio Talk Show Tour Without Leaving Your Home or Office...Without Paying a Cent for Air Time (How to Make People Buy Whatever You)