The Highroad

Once again, there’s a tempest brewing in the national tea pot. We’re talking secession! Well, some of us are...

Let me tell you a corporate morality tale that I call: “The Shame of Shamu...

Have you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job market than they use for the stock market...

Is it possible to get public policies out of our political system that benefit common people rather than moneyed elites? Yes! We the people can...

The golden goose is flying high! That’s not some sort of nonsensical code used by spies, but an exultation by airline executives who’re thrilled by the surging success of their main line of business. Flying is, of course, what airlines are supposed to do, but ...

The Highroad boulderweekly.com/highroad Big banks gouge customers for fun, profit...

It’s time now for the latest chapter in the thrilling global adventures of: “Scott Walker, Commando...

Imagine if a couple of national leaders dared to stand up to the corporate powers that have taken control of government. Imagine if one of them came right out and said, “I [am] fed up of living in a country ruled by lies, cynicism and greed.” And imagine if these ...

The Canadian rocker and master storyteller, Neil Young, says: “Music is a universal language.” Yes, and when created by a people’s champion like him, music can bring down the high and mighty, just as Joshua’s trumpeters brought down the walls of Jericho...

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...

Any remake of the 1950s movie The Bad Seed should cast Monsanto in the title role...

Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and even frivolous federal spending, because, well, because it’s unnecessary and frivolous...