The Highroad
What’s killing America’s middle class?
As the royal triumvirate of Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell continue their perverse quest to turn our America into a gold-plated Trumplandistan...
The real Halloween scaries of 2014
If you want a real Halloween fright, don’t look for it among the trick-ortreaters coming to your door— just check out the Republican spooks tying to peddle panic in this political year...
Let’s adopt the GOP’s national platform
Well, I didn’t expect this!
The National Republican Party has published an official policy document showing that the GOP really might be...
The new founder
When you think of America’s great Constitutional originators, names like Jefferson, Washington and Franklin come to mind. And, of course, Abbott. ...
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...
War on the Mexican border!
Grim-faced military officers and ashen-faced politicians describe a horrific “war zone,” with “hundreds of people murdered” and “citizens under attack around the clock.” Some of the politicos say that the situation is so dire that it “may require our military...
Paulson’s plaintive plea
Who´s the most befuddled Wall Streeter of all? The richest guy on the Street...
The Karzai-ization of Afghanistan
Isn't it great that America is standing so forcefully for fundamental principles of democracy around the world? We’re standing side-by-side with some of the most notable, incredible and astonishing democratic leaders on the globe today. Specifically, of course, I’m ...
How many tweety birds does it take to tweet the truth?
In CorporateWorld, when trouble pops up and things get sticky, CEOs don’t wring their hands and try to dodge the issue. No-sir-ee, the chief...
The new American aristocracy
Multibillionaire brothers Charles and David Koch want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e., the will of the people —...
America’s good food movement
What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels...






