The Highroad

Like rose blossoms, a politician’s promises can be beautiful when they burst into full, glorious bloom — only to see them fade over time...

Ok, children, homework time...

This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves...

In addition to working up my own list of New Year’s resolutions, it occurs to me that some of the people running our country could benefit from my suggestions for their lists. No need for them to thank me — happy to help...

Desite 234 years of progress toward the American ideal of equality for all, we still have to battle unfairness...

Would you give your house key to a complete stranger, letting that person (whose name you don’t even know) walk right into your home...

The funny thing about Wall Street banksters is that they make a killing by defrauding millions of homeowners, customers, investors and taxpayers — then, when caught, they wonder why we don’t love them...

Do you know any of the dozen Congress critters who’re on the superpowerful deficit-reduction supercommittee? I don’t mean do you know their names, but do you really know them — know them well enough that they’ll take your call...

In response to the Supreme Court’s freakish decision in 2010 to bestow political “personhood” on corporations, I got an email from a guy named Larry, screaming that “big money has plucked our eagle...

Good news, people — at last, congressional Democrats have gotten a clue, grown some spine and are beginning to act like... well, like Democrats! In...

The appeal of fast food chains has not been their food (mostly fat, salty, sugary, empty-calorie blah), but their speed...

Apparently a skunk doesn’t smell its own stink — or at least it’s not offended by it...