The Highroad
Let’s adopt the GOP’s national platform
Well, I didn’t expect this!
The National Republican Party has published an official policy document showing that the GOP really might be...
What’s behind this photo of corporate groundbreaking?
A newspaper photograph last June portrayed three guys in suits and ties shoveling dirt. They were Donald Trump, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and the chairman...
Big beer, big bully
If “bigger is better,” as the old saw claims, does that mean that biggest is best? Not in CorporateWorld. Chanting the bigger-is-better mantra, corporations...
Is it a crime to make Made-In-America products in China?
What’s the matter with Donald and The Trumpateers? Why won’t they stand up for the American workers and business owners who make their products...
America’s war
America’s political history has been written in the fierce narrative of war. Not our country’s many military clashes with foreign nations — but our...
The GOP’s jobs debate
Now, let’s turn the Hubble telescope to the far-away galaxy where Rick, Mitt, Michele and Goofy are contending for the Republican presidential nomination...
Parsing the PR lies of Goldman Sachs
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...
Wall Street thieves find ‘new way’ to steal from us
We know that millions of American families lost their homes after Wall Street’s 2007 financial crash... but where did all those houses go?
It turns...
How magical is The Donald?
Donald Trump, the Amazing Wunderkind of Global Luxury Living — and now Our Nation’s Phantasmagoric, Fast-charging President — is proving to be a legislative...
Can a robot do your job?
With corporations socking away massive profits, and with the labor market fairly tight, why are worker’s wages still stuck at miserly and even poverty...
Why Paul Ryan should sit down and be very quiet
For nearly half a century now, America’s middle-class working families have been pummeled by corporate greedmeisters and their political henchmen. Indeed, in just the...
Living wage preemption act
The governors of many states are boldly stepping forward these days to stop grassroots democracy.
Yes, noting that local citizens and officials have been passing...
