The Highroad

ExxonMobil, Halliburton and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our country, they’re also trying to frack our heads...

Some people complain that their town has gone to the dogs, but Bastrop, Texas, has gone to the chickens — and Bastropians are proud of it...

By gollies, The Donald delivers! Trump and his new blue-ribbon panel of working-class champions have announced a bold initiative to create millions of American jobs....

Thanks to the industrializers of American agriculture, we finally know why the chicken crossed the road: To run away from the factory farm...

CorporateSpeak is an inane language that conveys seriousness without any sincerity. Consider this example from Goldman Sachs: “We are pleased to put these legacy matters...

In most state legislatures today, bizarre is not unusual, and off-the-wall has become the political center...

Perhaps you recall from high school civics class that neat flow chart showing the beautiful democratic process for passing a law through Congress...

Question: What do you get when you combine ignorance, imperiousness and incompetence? Answer: Betsy DeVos. She’s Donald Trump’s multi-billionaire education secretary who hates public education...

If your car’s battery terminals are corroded, just open a can of Coca- Cola. Coke will dissolve corrosion, making your battery connections spiffy clean in a jiffy...

According to the self-aggrandizing mythology of America’s right-wing rich, Sheldon Adelson is one of society’s “producers,” not one of those morally inferior “moochers” who’re always looking for government handouts...

Meet Scott Walker, corporate whore...

It’s true that America’s working stiffs are mostly stuck in the muck of depression these days, spinning their economic wheels with low wages that can’t even keep pace with inflation. Still, though, there are some good news stories about some who’re doing well — such ...