The Highroad

War is hell...

He did it. Unfortunately. Sadly. Disappointingly...

I love groups with the gumption to take on big tasks and do what needs to be done — can-do groups that can, and do. But, uh-oh, here comes The Little Choo-Choo That Couldn’t: the U.S. Congress...

While we Americans celebrate the 100th anniversary of our National Park Service, America’s socalled “leaders” are aggressively commercializing our parks, converting these jewels of the common good into just another corporate cash cow...

Let me tell you a corporate morality tale that I call: “The Shame of Shamu...

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

Big Oil’s frigging frackers are wrapping their shameless profiteering in our flag...

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...

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...

Desite 234 years of progress toward the American ideal of equality for all, we still have to battle unfairness...

Turf wars can be the silliest of all scuffles, and no place does silly with more zeal than Texas...

Here’s a crime drama, tragedy and farce — all in one play...