The Highroad

Are the rich different from you and me? Ask Cadillac!

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You know what our country needs right now? I think we need something that can bring us together again, something that can heal the...

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...

Trumponomics: Batman… or Dracula?

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Even if a White House report is just a pack of lies, it still can reveal some awful truths. Take the recent forecast by the...

What kind of country punishes Good Samaritans?

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Let us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the New Testament, but the one out in the...

Just say No-No to nanos

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Have you had your minimum daily requirement of “nanos” today...

Turning people who report corporate crime into criminals

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

The free-enterprise mirage of Sheldon Adelson

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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...

Trump to working class: Adios, chumps

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We have a president who mistakes price for value. Thus, to measure America’s economic health, he simply checks the price of corporate stocks. And...

Big political donors buying elections… and public policies

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Who does David Keating think he’s fooling...

The explosive greed of America’s 0.01-percenters

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In this season of mass commercialism, let’s pause to consider the plight of simple millionaires...

Can Amazon sucker the people of New York?

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The undisputed king of taxpayer scammers is Amazon — but a hardy band of New York commoners is delivering an old-line message to the...

The militarization of ‘Officer Friendly’

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Let’s check our weaponry: 93,000 machine guns, 533 planes and helicopters, 180,000 magazine cartridges and 432 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles. OK, let’s roll...