The Highroad

Have you ever heard of the rabbit hunter’s nightmare? A guy dreams that he and a few of his buddies have fanned out across some brushland to scare up and shoot a few hares. They kill a couple, but then, one of the hunting buddies who’d headed down a slope into a ...

The funny thing about Wall Street banksters is that they make a killing by defrauding millions of homeowners, customers, investors and taxpayers — then, when caught, they wonder why we don’t love them...

 Old King Coal — what a dirty old soul...

The core economic problem we’re facing today is that both unemployment and underemployment are rampant, stifling any hope for real recovery and threatening the very survival of our essential middle class...

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...

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

I like the word “lift.” It implies upward progress and a can-do communal spirit: Yes, let´s all put our backs into it, and lift this load. It´s so American...

Hey, Bucko — stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others...

Jim Hightower comments on Colorado's shackling bill. Jim Hightower on Colorado Shackling Bill by boulderweekly

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and the other Wall Street behemoths that dominate American banking — who needs ‘em...

Why do congressional Republicans hate unborn babies...

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