The Highroad

Great news, people. As a recent headline puts it: “Household wealth back at pre-recession levels.” Oh joy — we’re all rich again...

Besides being founders of our Republic, what did Thomas Jefferson and George Washington have in common? Answer: Hemp...

Uh-oh. You always have to worry when you hear that there’s a new “air of giddiness on Wall Street...

Any remake of the 1950s movie The Bad Seed should cast Monsanto in the title role...

Have you had your minimum daily requirement of “nanos” today...

If you fool with Mother Nature, she’ll most likely fool with you — usually in very unpleasant ways...

Big Ag has a big problem — but it’s come up with a neat solution...

Wall Streeters are all atwitter about the comeuppance of Jamie Dimon, the haughty CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Last year, poor Jamie presided over a $6 billion loss by the bank’s chief investment office, so he’s now had his own pay cut in half, knocking him down to $11.5 ...

Perhaps you thought that, surely, the far right wing in American politics couldn’t get any nuttier. If so, you clearly hadn’t factored in Glenn Beck...

Look out — the “fixers” are coming. Top corporate chieftains and Wall Street gamblers want to tell Washington how to fix our national debt, so they’ve created a front group called “Fix the Debt” to push their agenda. Unfortunately, they’re using “fix” in the same way...

A new fad is sweeping across America’s university campuses — and it’s seriously goofy...

Such energy powers as BP, ExxonMobil, Halliburton and Koch Industries have gone crackers over fracking...