The Highroad

Trump’s ‘tax holiday:’ Boon or boondoggle?

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Good news, folks — our new president says he’s planning a “tax holiday” for you! Well... not directly for you. Trump’s trillion-dollar whopper of...

How far-out is Trump’s war policy?

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If you think our government’s war policy has become out-of-this world cuckoo, consider the spaciness being proposed by the cosmonauts on Spaceship Trump. Spending nearly...

The essence and true value of real food

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For most of us, food is not just fodder to get us through the day — it touches us emotionally, culturally... personally. We see this...

Really and truly, who needs facts?

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Here in America the word “fact” has a straightforward, rather obvious meaning: Truth, reality, something that actually exists. But we now find ourselves transplanted to...

Exposing our ‘populist’ president as a naked plutocrat

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Have you noticed that Donald Trump constantly prefaces his outlandish lies with such phrases as: “To be honest with you,” “To tell the truth,”...

The Great ScAmazon of 2017

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In September, the giant retail monopolist, Amazon, announced its intention to build a second corporate headquarters in Someplace, North America. Where’s that? Aha, that’s...

Trump serves the people — rich ones, that is

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Donald Trump bragged in 2016 that, “I know words — I have the best words.” Well, occasionally he does use some very fine words...

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...

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...

How clueless can the GOP establishment get?

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Exciting news, people! The Republican Party’s establishment has a secret plan to stop its blue-collar voters from supporting Donnie Trump. Their plan is code-named:...

What are Trump & Co. really up to?

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Remember Trump-the-candidate promising working-class voters that he’d be Wall Street’s worst nightmare, cracking down hard on greedy financial thieves whose scams and schemes are...

Help save America’s public post offices

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The U.S. postal system has 30,000 outlets serving every part of America. It employs 630,000 people in good middle-class jobs, and it proudly delivers...