National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNL3MG2/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00DNL3MG2&linkCode=as2&tag=richbari-20&linkId=EA2CFESCJ5DRZUQE"><b><em>Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow</em></b></a>, Jim Hightower has spent four decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.