Opinion
The mendacity of GMO purveyors
Tenacity can be a virtue. But the persistent push by giant food conglomerates to deceive us consumers has turned their tenacity into raw mendacity...
A supreme political fraud to gut Obamacare
While we know that an antigovernment group funded by plutocratic corporate powers is behind the lawsuit intended to terminate Obamacare — who are the four people who’re out front as the actual plaintiffs in the case...
Congressional critters get cozy with lobbyists
A corporate lobbyist recently admitted to the New York Times: “Everybody is embarrassed about it. Although not so embarrassed that they don’t do it...
High spirits at the top
If you want to know how the economy is doing, don’t bother checking the Dow Jones Average or tracking the unemployment numbers...
General Armey fades away
Lightning’s flashing, winds are howling — and there’s a tempest in the tea party! Why it’s Dick Armey, the blowhard, former Republican majority leader, corporate lobbyist, Koch brothers’ retainer and commanding general of the tea party army...
PR soap can’t scrub off banker greed
Greenwashing” is the use of shameless PR campaigns by notorious polluters to portray their corporations as benign Bambi-loving protectors of nature. But now comes “Greedwashing...
Another corporate path for buying our governmet
boulderweekly.com/highroad Like the five-man majority of Supreme Court justices, perhaps you’ve been worried sick over the possibility that corporations just don’t have enough power over our government. If so, let me soothe your fevered brow with a report ...
Why the chattering classes don’t get Trump
America’s political and journalistic establishments still can’t figure out the Trump phenomenon...
Goldman Sachs shows us its abacus
boulderweekly.com/highroad Doing a public service was the very last thing on the minds of the geniuses at Goldman Sachs who created Abacus 2007-ACI, but I, for one, am grateful to them. Abacus is the name of the investment package that has caused mighty Goldman...
The green whine over U.S. gas exports
When Russia took over the Crimea at the start of the month, there were widespread calls in Congress and among the chattering classes (including from me) for the U.S. to fast-track the export of natural gas and oil to Europe in order to lessen Europe’s dependence on ...

