The Highroad
Here’s my plan to stop airlines from gouging us
In one of Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine comic strips, his character, “Rat,” develops a smart phone app that I want. As Rat explains...
A gamer’s wild pitch
In sports, a “gamer” is someone who’s always eager to play. However, in such pursuits as business and politics, a “gamer” is one who games the system...
Obama gets desperate in pushing TPP
Poor Barack Obama. He’s been making more flashy moves than an Olympic ice skater, trying to get Democrats in Congress to cheer his Trans-Pacific Partnership. But instead, they’re roundly booing him...
Millionaire lawmakers can rise above their financial handicap
Mark Twain spoke for me when he said: “I’m opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position...
The new American aristocracy
Multibillionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e., the will of the people —...
Your new neighborhood food market
The signature phrase of America’s booming good food movement has been expanded from “organic” to “local and sustainable...
Ethics and congress critters
Do you — or anyone — really need a book of rules and a three-hour briefing on ethics in order to do your job ethically...
The free-enterprise mirage of Sheldon Adelson
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...
Why the GOP’s fence fantasy is a farce
A proper wall, we’re told, makes good neighbors, but an 18-foot-high, 2000-mile-long wall goes way beyond proper, antagonizes your neighbor and shows your own...
Entergy goes nuclear over Vermont’s decision
The nuclear power boys are weaseling again, this time in Vermont...
