The Highroad
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, ...
How to hate ‘illegals’ and have them too
Every state legislature has its share of incompetent, insensitive and often incomprehensible goobers sitting in seats of power. Sometimes you have to wonder who helps them work the doorknobs to get out of their houses each morning...
Perry’s mess
Gosh, the 2016 presidential primaries are a long way off, but look out — for here comes Rick Perry of Texas, riding his state’s taxpayer dollars into the GOP primary...
Ag biz gags on its own gag law
Amy Meyer was curious. Then she was appalled. Then she was charged with the “crime” of using a cell phone to video what appalled her...
Reviving the Bush-Cheney torture policy
A bumper sticker from around 2008 offered a stinging, four-word response to the Bush-Cheney regime’s enthusiasm for the cruel sport of waterboarding: “Impeach Bush,” it urged, “Torture Cheney...
The disuniting of America
The Bible doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil — rather, it condemns the love of money...
Monsanto comes a cropper
boulderweekly.com/highroad As an old TV ad used to say: “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Monsanto corporation, however, still has not taken Mother’s advice. This giant chemical maker became a veritable Frankenstein in the 1990s, genetically engineering new ...
Reclaim Chicago challenges ‘Mayor 1-Percent’
The people of Chicago are presently grappling with a big question that nearly every urban place faces: Can anyone really govern such a sprawling, brawling city...
Obama gets desperate in pushing TPP
Poor Barack Obama. He’s been making more flashy moves than an Olympic ice skater, trying to get Democrats in Congress to cheer his Trans-Pacific Partnership. But instead, they’re roundly booing him...
‘We the People,’ not ‘We the Corporations’
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...
A curse, a blessing and a good food movement
In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the U.S. Senate to reject Earl Butz, Richard Nixon’s choice for secretary of agriculture...
