The Highroad

Millionaire lawmakers can rise above their financial handicap

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Mark Twain spoke for me when he said: “I’m opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position...

The ‘Beckinization’ of the far right

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Perhaps you thought that, surely, the far right wing in American politics couldn’t get any nuttier. If so, you clearly hadn’t factored in Glenn Beck...

Florida official can’t seem to get the hang of running elections

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It’s our civic duty to vote, right? Well that depends on who you are. The disgusting reality is that many of the power elites don’t want certain people to vote, so they go to extremes to discourage and even harass those people to prevent them from exercising their ...

NSA and DHS defend us against sinister website

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It’s a scary world out there, with global terrorists plotting to kill us...

The slickest stunt at SeaWorld

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

Scott Walker cuts higher-ed budget

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Meet Scott Walker, corporate whore...

Keeping score on Exxon

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Now, let’s check today’s sports scores: 4, 10.7 and 21-and-a-half...

Counterfeit conservatives

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You would think that leading conservatives in our country would be, you know … conservative. As in being very opposed to letting government authorities intrude into people’s privacy and personal liberties...

Who’s pushing to impeach President Obama?

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Perhaps you thought that, surely, partisan posturing by far-right congress critters couldn’t get any nuttier. But now comes the GOP’s claim that all the talk about impeaching President Barack Obama is being led by — guess who? — Barack Obama...

A fracking surprise in Texas

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How ironic: Fracking recently got fracked...

Another corporate path for buying our governmet

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boulderweekly.com/highroad Like the five-man majority of Supreme Court justices, perhaps you’ve been worried sick over the possibility that corporations just don’t have enough power over our government. If so, let me soothe your fevered brow with a report ...

The Karzai-ization of Afghanistan

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Isn't it great that America is standing so forcefully for fundamental principles of democracy around the world? We’re standing side-by-side with some of the most notable, incredible and astonishing democratic leaders on the globe today. Specifically, of course, I’m ...