The Highroad
Smedley Darlington Butler and why he’s important
Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history, but consider the “Wall Street Putsch” of 1933.
Never heard of...
Who are the serial killers of America’s newspapers?
In a recent two-panel cartoon, a character holds a sign saying: “First they came for the reporters.” In the next panel, his sign says:...
What’s in Trump’s food-box?
Even Charles Dickens, England’s masterful satirist of the Victorian upper class, couldn’t have imagined elite rulers using a box of food as a gratuitous...
What if we made voting fun?
The shameful truth about America’s democratic process is that it’s become so un-democratic that they don’t want you to vote.
By “they” I mean...
Big Mac’s new Big Data ‘innovation’
The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of “wheel-spinning” innovation — i.e.,...
What is worse than being poor?
One of the lucky things about being rich is that you automatically become handsome, your jokes are hilarious and politicians treat you with fawning...
Why so many Americans hate Trump’s ‘tax reform’
The Trump tax plan is not selling well. Indeed, two-thirds of the American people oppose it, and only 16 percent believe it would reduce...
Is more technology the answer to too much technology?
We humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and CEO of SpaceX rockets....
Tax Dodgers Incorporated
Fats Domino sings: “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill.” Maybe, but America’s richest corporate powers know precisely where to find their thrill: On...
Koch industries doesn’t just lobby government, it’s becoming the government
The Koch brothers’ extremist political agenda of empowering multinational corporations to reign as sovereigns over the majority will of the people has always been...
Amazon buys out Whole Foods: What’s it to us?
Wall Street analysts tell us that Amazon’s $14 billion buy-out of Whole Foods Market is not only a win-win for both of them —...
Trump to working class: Adios, chumps
We have a president who mistakes price for value. Thus, to measure America’s economic health, he simply checks the price of corporate stocks. And...
