The Highroad
What do chickens and our constitutional rights have in common?
Imagine the outcry by tea party Republicans if state legislators were passing laws banning the use of video cameras in banks to capture images...
The real stink in Flint, Michigan’s water scandal
The governor and his agency heads who caused the sudden appearance of lead and other toxics in the water that the families of Flint...
If you only watch your bottom line, you can’t lift your...
Just for the hell of it, let’s re-imagine Walmart...
How corporate bamboozlers intend to widen inequality in America
The basic problem facing the corporate and political powers who want you and me to swallow their Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal is that they...
Real news, fake news and BS news
How can journalism help people make sense of our turbulent world if it can’t make sense of itself?
In addition to “news” (which involves reporting...
The agonizingly slow pace of a fast food giant
The appeal of fast food chains has not been their food (mostly fat, salty, sugary, empty-calorie blah), but their speed...
Why Trumpcare is sickening
As Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas noted, “When you buy... a new pair of pants, it usually helps to ask two questions: What...
Exposing our ‘populist’ president as a naked plutocrat
Have you noticed that Donald Trump constantly prefaces his outlandish lies with such phrases as: “To be honest with you,” “To tell the truth,”...
Takeaways from the election
When a political puck named Dick Tuck lost a California senate election in 1966, he said: “The people have spoken. The bastards.” ...
