The Highroad

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

  Wow, that was an exhilarating election, wasn’t it? Of course, even a car wreck can be exhilarating...

If you google Google, you might learn that this Internet powerhouse once proudly promised to do no evil...

Here in my home state of Texas, we’re suffering from withdrawal pains...

As CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this ruling mogul of Wall Street must now cope with the recently enacted financial reform bill, which imposes a host of new regulations meant to rein in the rip-offs, frauds and other excesses of Wall Street bankers...

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

Poor Monsanto — the mighty and haughty manipulator of Mother Nature has tripped on its own hubris, falling far, fast and hard this year...

Recently, I found myself humming the Old Beatles song Poppy Fields Forever...

In California, a surprising new union movement is growing like a weed, having taken root in a burgeoning economic sector that has enormous potential: marijuana...

Some members of Congress complain that they have a really tough job. Also, they say their hard work is not appreciated by the public and that they’re really not paid enough...

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

Why do airline executives hate their customers? Not so very long ago, airlines boasted about flying “the friendly skies,” but that happy slogan has now been perverted into flying “the abusive skies...