
Tag: consumerism

This is the grave of Marshall Field. Field’s tombstone claims he was born in 1835, but online sources say 1834. You’d be surprised how often the dates on tombstones are inaccurate. Anyway,
It’s not like my nearly 3 year old book (!) is going to sell many more copies, but it sure is relevant in context of the fact that people simply don’t care who dies or suffers making their
I am currently reading Finis Dunaway’s excellent 2015 book Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images. Examining many of the most iconic environmental images of the last ha
Ronald Aronson has an interesting, if rather lengthy, essay about the privatization of hope, adapted from his forthcoming book. I don’t agree with all of it. He falls into the frequent trap of b
I guess this kind of thing is what makes the world go around on some level. And so the Black Friday lines begin. The streets of Boulder are fairly tame and the majority of store-fronts are dark on Tha
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- Roll out the pork barrel
- GOP supporter of serial rapist Donald Trump says Andrew Cuomo has to go
- Monday NatSec Roundup
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 798
- Biden comes out in support of the Bessemer unionization drive
- LGM Film Club, Part 138: King of Rock
- Say what you will about Murc’s Law, at least it’s an ethos
- Checking in with the economically anxious seditionists
- Alabama Unionism