The Highroad

Who needs Wall Street giants?

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JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and the other Wall Street behemoths that dominate American banking — who needs ‘em...

Should big corporations have to pay the taxes they owe?

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I would trust a pack of coyotes to guard my little herd of lambs before I’d trust a pack of corporate hucksters to “reform”...

Corporate Johns and turning legislative tricks

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Prostitutes are amateurs compared to Texas state Sen. Kel Seliger, whose going rate is $20,000 a pop. At least that’s what he was paid last year by Waste Control Specialists...

Billionaire bullies

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Not all of the bullies are in schoolyards these days — quite a few have graduated to the executive suites of Corporate America...

Bank robbers on the loose

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The popular perception is that bank robbers wear ski masks when doing their jobs, but a lot of modern-day bank robbers are wearing Armani suits and Gucci loafers...

The corporate-funded merry-go-round

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Headline: AT&T buys 700 copies of Perry book...

Corporate flimflammers suckering Congress, again

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If you google Google, you might learn that this Internet powerhouse once proudly promised to do no evil...

Abandoning ALEC

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Good grief — ALEC is even too icky for Wal-Mart...

A non-corporate, non-fat cat presidential campaign

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Republican politicos say that taking unlimited sums of campaign cash from corporations and billionaires is the American way, claiming that money is “free” speech. Democrats disagree, but say they can’t unilaterally disarm, so they join the ever-escalating arms race ...

A tiny bug spreads happiness

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Great news, people: a hot spot of nine-spotted ladybugs has been spotted in Amagansett, N.Y...

Paying for Perry-the- Pretender’s presidential run

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My state’s gallivanting goober of a governor, Rick Perry, is back in the news, with yet another “oops” moment...

When will Wall Street quit being stupid?

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The self-described “Geniuses of Wall Street” are being stupid. Again. In 2007, their stupid schemes and frauds crashed our economy, destroying middle-class jobs, wealth and...