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All Good Politics Are Local

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. Posted February 27, 2006.


Washington may be squandering our democratic promise, but out beyond the Beltway, America's progressive grassroots are thriving.
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All Good Politics Are Local

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Jim Hightower is the author of "Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush" (Viking Press). He publishes the monthly Hightower Lowdown; for more information about Jim, visit jimhightower.com.

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