The Highroad
What if antibiotics no longer work?
Can antibiotic medicines, long hailed as miracle drugs, be too much of a good thing? Yes...
Buy local beer, books… and why not seafood?
In case you don’t have enough to worry about, consider “early mortality syndrome.” Sounds gruesomely lethal, doesn’t it? Luckily, this is not a human disease, nor has it struck America — but it affects us anyway. EMS is a new bacterial outbreak that’s been ...
Where’s the ethical balance of America’s scales of justice?
Is it really “fair and balanced”? I don’t mean the ridiculous Fox TV channel, whose right-wing ranters mock their own PR slogan — but, rather, a network that actually matters in our society: America’s legal system...
The explosive greed of America’s 0.01-percenters
In this season of mass commercialism, let’s pause to consider the plight of simple millionaires...
Battling the forces of inequality
Inequality is not a condition. It’s a creation. Inequality is produced by thousands of decisions deliberately made by bosses, bankers and big shots to siphon money and power from the many to the few...
Congressional critters get cozy with lobbyists
A corporate lobbyist recently admitted to the New York Times: “Everybody is embarrassed about it. Although not so embarrassed that they don’t do it...
If Trump is so great, why is his approval rating so...
Apparently President Trump wonders why he’s getting the lowest job-approval ratings from the public in modern presidential history. Maybe he should actually look at...
Turning people who report corporate crime into criminals
In most state legislatures today, bizarre is not unusual, and off-the-wall has become the political center...
Explaining congressional morality
It’s always interesting to see Congress in action — though “interesting” can also be appalling. For example, what a sight it is to watch Republican leaders as they gleefully try to repeal Obamacare — the law extending health care coverage to all Americans. As they ...
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...
What’s inside Big Oil’s head?
As one politician bluntly said of Washington’s annual tax giveaway to massively profitable oil corporations, “We don’t need incentives to the oil and gas companies to explore. There are plenty of incentives.” That was no lefty talking — it was George W. Bush...
Congress slumps back to Tom DeLay ethics
This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay — only more so...
