The Highroad
Our war president
What did you do in the war, Daddy?
“I was on the front lines, stringing bands of concertina wire along the border.”
Concertina? Were you in...
What is the ‘Trump Fix’
Few Americans have ever heard of Tom Barrack, but he’s going to be a big, behind-the-scenes player in Trump’s Washington.
Indeed, Tom’s...
What’s the cost of high living?
The rich aren’t merely different from you and me... they’re ridiculous!
The über-rich, I mean, the billionaire barons of Wall Street, who literally live above...
Daddy’s philosophy
This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves...
Why a 70-percent tax rate on the superrich would be good...
Once upon a time, there was a place where the prevailing ethic of the very richest people was that monetary self-indulgence was tacky and...
You, too, can be part of Scott Walker’s inner circle
If you think that none of today’s presidential candidates care about people like you, check out Republican Scott Walker...
What does it take to get good policies from ‘good’ public...
Sometimes we forget that the progressive movement’s political goal is not just to elect “good” officials, but to enact good public policy.
From my...
What’s the word for America’s corrupt big bank system?
Stumpf” is a German adjective that means someone is obtuse, slow on the uptake, imperceptive... stupid.
Ironically, it also happens to be the surname of...
How is Trump like Humpty-Dumpty?
Comandante Trump, El Jefe, the gringo strongman!
That’s the image our current commander-in-chief seems to be cultivating. He has surrounded himself with generals, cavalierly threatened...
Should our natural resources have legal rights?
From the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not stately legislative halls, but...
Where is AI driving us?
With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count and a wobbling economy here at home, the last...
Why Bernie will, should and must stay in the race
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...
