The Highroad
Will you support Carl Icahn’s charity?
Wall Street buccaneer Carl Icahn has pocketed billions on deals, but he says he’s now passionate about helping others.
In particular, the corporate-takeover specialist is...
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...
Is nothing sacred to frackers?
Such energy powers as BP, ExxonMobil, Halliburton and Koch Industries have gone crackers over fracking...
America’s good food movement
What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels...
Aetna lifts the national standard for ‘competitive wages’
Business schools preach a strict, anti-social doctrine of corporate management that comes down to this: CEOs must be idiots...
Corporate Johns and turning legislative tricks
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...
Wall Street’s journal
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal last year, and in short order he has turned it into a tongue-clucking sympathizer with and proselytizer for the biggest of big businesses — not only on its editorial pages, but also in its news stories...
The class of 2013 seems to ‘get it’
Harrell’s hardware store, located near my home in Austin, Texas, is the opposite of a big-box chain store. It’s an unchained, small-box store with a knowledgeable staff willing to help customers figure out how to do most any project. Harrell’s slogan is: “Together, ...
Who wants to die for Karzai?
With some notable exceptions and a great deal of grumbling in...
