The Highroad

Apparently a skunk doesn’t smell its own stink — or at least it’s not offended by it...

When a political puck named Dick Tuck lost a California senate election in 1966, he said: “The people have spoken. The bastards.”     ...

Words can be discombobulating when people twist them to fit concepts that are the exact opposite of what the word actually means...

Bottled pollution...

Why do congressional Republicans hate unborn babies...

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...

Grim-faced military officers and ashen-faced politicians describe a horrific “war zone,” with “hundreds of people murdered” and “citizens under attack around the clock.” Some of the politicos say that the situation is so dire that it “may require our military...

Guess who’s whining the loudest these days, wailing that they’re getting a raw deal from Barack Obama...

It’s always inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or crook, and deceive and gouge consumers...

Multibillionaire brothers Charles and David Koch want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e., the will of the people —...

Amazon’s notorious attempt to squeeze $3 billion in subsidies from New York taxpayers had two very positive results: One, it shoved these immoral bribery...

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...