The Highroad

The meek reality behind Trump’s pose as a Bull Moose Populist

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It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands... but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually small policy ideas. Draining...

A morally untenable corporate system

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This will seem like a fairy tale now, but not so long ago, it was actually possible for CEO pay to constitute “an embarrassment of riches...

Scott Walker’s incredible foreign policy

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

The twisted ethics of trade secrets

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It`s time to enjoy another round of that sensational game show that’s so popular from coast to coast: “Twisted Ethics!” Today’s ethical conundrum involves chemical compounds marketed as everything from household cleaners to flame retardant fabrics. The question comes...

GOP to US infrastructure: All fall down

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I love groups with the gumption to take on big tasks and do what needs to be done — can-do groups that can, and do. But, uh-oh, here comes The Little Choo-Choo That Couldn’t: the U.S. Congress...

Scott Walker cuts higher-ed budget

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Meet Scott Walker, corporate whore...

Why Bernie will, should and must stay in the race

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Surprisingly, this week’s prize for Stupidest Political Comment in the presidential race doesn’t go to Donnie Trump or Ted Cruz. Rather, that honor goes to...

The new American aristocracy

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Multibillionaire brothers Charles and David Koch want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e., the will of the people —...

Outlawing exposes of factory farm horrors

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Big Ag has a big problem — but it’s come up with a neat solution...

A bawdy house of bad right-wing ideas

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If you’re wondering where Congress’ next truly bad idea will come from, keep an eye on a secretive far-right-wing outfit called ALEC — the...

Where is AI driving us?

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With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count and a wobbling economy here at home, the last...

‘The New York Times’ strikes out

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For more than a century, The New York Times has unabashedly bragged in a banner slogan that it publishes “All the News That’s Fit...