The Highroad

Arrogance is an unpleasant trait, but when it’s overlaid with ignorance, it really gets ugly...

Too many people are behind bars that don’t belong there,” declared a group demanding major reforms to America’s throw-’em-all-in-jail, mass imprisonment policies...

Washington’s gossip mill is spinning furiously over the recent revelations about Dennis Hastert’s long hidden sexual molestation scandal. But what about the filthy, backroom affair he’s been openly conducting with corporate lobbyists for nearly two decades...

Great news, people: a hot spot of nine-spotted ladybugs has been spotted in Amagansett, N.Y...

Words can be discombobulating when people twist them to fit concepts that are the exact opposite of what the word actually means...

Some members of Congress complain that they have a really tough job. Also, they say their hard work is not appreciated by the public and that they’re really not paid enough...

How would you react if one of your neighbors announced that while he obviously benefits from having clean water, highways, Medicare, police protection, parks, schools, and other public services, he was no longer going to pay his part of the taxes that make them ...

The reason that I believe Bernie Sanders’ political rebellion will persevere is that it’s organic. Rather than being an artificial marketing creation sprouted in...

boulderweekly.com/highroad Ok, people, nature needs us to focus. All of us who love polar bears, whales, seabirds and other wildlife should put our minds together to send an urgent telepathic message to the animals in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. Our message ...

In addition to working up my own list of New Year’s resolutions, it occurs to me that some of the people running our country could benefit from my suggestions for their lists. No need for them to thank me — happy to help...

Excellent news, people. Let me put it to you as a number: 8.7 million...

Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history, but consider the “Wall Street Putsch” of 1933. Never heard of...