The Highroad

boulderweekly.com/highroad The problem with being pious in politics is that piety has a way of backfiring — and causing people to snicker at you. Take Citizens United, for example. It’s a right-wing political outfit that hails itself as a righteous champion of ...

With some notable exceptions and a great deal of grumbling in...

Tenacity can be a virtue. But the persistent push by giant food conglomerates to deceive us consumers has turned their tenacity into raw mendacity...

As I trekked to my gate at the Orange County Airport in California not long ago, I stopped briefly at a newsstand to pick up a copy of The New York Times. I was accosted there by a well-heeled, white-haired busy-body who barked at me that I should also buy a Wall ...

boulderweekly.com/highroad Good news, people. General Motors has turned a profit! However, there’s bad news, too: GM’s top executives are insane. By which I mean bonkers, loopy, bull-goose crazy. How else to explain the carmaker’s recent effort to rebrand “Chevy...

Get ready to swallow your “Statistic of the Day...

A citizen’s willingness to speak truth to power is essential for the well-being of a democracy. Equally essential, though, are citizens willing to risk their personal well-being by standing up to speak truth about power...

Whenever a corporation issues a statement declaring that it is committed to “treating consumers fairly and with respect,” chances are it’s not...

It’s said that there’s nothing more vicious than a wild animal that’s cornered, but I’d add that there’s nothing more devious than a top...

Instead of the rule of law, the Trumpistas prefer to rule by fear. Take immigration. “An invasion,” screeches The Donald, “a national emergency!” “The caravan...

The governors of many states are boldly stepping forward these days to stop grassroots democracy. Yes, noting that local citizens and officials have been passing...

There’s a growing army of the working poor in our USofA, and big contingents of it are now on the march. They’re strategizing, organizing and mobilizing against the immoral economics of inequality being hung around America’s neck by the likes of Walmart, McDonald’s...