Things We Said Today

I Can’t Help Myself
The news right now is pissing me off. And not just because the subjects of the headlines are so upsetting but because they are frequently so sensational and absurd. Michael Jackson, anyone? The Pope Stood in a Window Today? Some Kid in Vermont Has the Smelliest Sneakers in the Country? These are [...]

Breakin’ The Law
It’s a funny feeling to wake up one day and realize that 51% of the country either doesn’t think you deserve civil rights or doesn’t believe that your civil rights were important enough this year to effect their vote, because as far as I’m concerned, a vote for Bush was a vote against [...]

November 2, 2004
Today I voted in my fourth presidential election. I remember thinking that the 2000 election was a big deal but Lord knows that this one already makes that contentious mess seem almost friendly.
The polls this morning did not inspire confidence about the way this ballot count is going to go down. It was [...]

Branded With a White-Hot Iron
This week’s Time Magazine article about Nike’s immersion in the Chinese market is both fascinating and frightening. If you have any doubts that corporate America plays a major role, for good or for evil, in the development of Nations, this article should put them to rest.
How Nike Figured Out China

Legally Married in Massachusetts
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