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Selling Out

Rationalization

Posted on November 20, 2018November 13, 2018 by Simon
Humans have an almost bottomless capacity to convince themselves that they are right about whatever serves their interests. Jim Geraghty, National Review... Read More

Throw It Away

Posted on November 16, 2018November 13, 2018 by Simon
You can throw away your Blockbuster Card. They missed the turn (to streaming) and they are gone. And they aren’t coming back.... Read More

The Robert Rubin Scam

Posted on October 22, 2018October 8, 2018 by Simon
“Robert Rubin, a former Secretary of the United States Treasury, one of those who sign their names on the banknote you just used to pay for coffee, collected more than $ 120 million in compensat... Read More

Retail Evolution

Posted on August 20, 2018August 18, 2018 by Simon
Last week I begrudgingly used the self checkout at my local Fry’s grocery store. It was a struggle and while walking home (with my reusable Love Bags) I wondered how we got to the point where we hav... Read More

Kindness Is…..

Posted on August 7, 2018July 19, 2018 by Simon
A sign I saw in front of several houses in Santa Fe. The problem with this sign is that it is based on the misguided assumption that there are no Putins or Kims in the world. That Hitler and Stalin co... Read More

Recycled Confusion

Posted on July 31, 2018July 19, 2018 by Simon
I think this is a trash can that supports the fight against breast cancer. What exactly are we supposed to put in it? Full disclosure: I’m not a good recycler. I recently proposed on this page t... Read More

Porn Stars

Posted on July 11, 2018June 29, 2018 by Simon
We are in a strange territory when beauty-pageant swimsuit competitions are evil relics of toxic masculinity — but porn stars are glorious examples of womanhood at its finest.... Read More

The Freeway Dream

Posted on July 5, 2018June 12, 2018 by Simon
I got this postcard from a Postcrossing connection last week. The card is from the early 1960’s and it shows the intersection of the Pasadena and Hollywood freeways. But what it’s says on ... Read More

The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes

Posted on June 22, 2018June 4, 2018 by Simon
“We’re on, what, the eighth or ninth consecutive “most important election of our lifetimes”? In the past decades, we’ve had Democrats win “most important election of our lifetimes” a... Read More

Why America

Posted on June 20, 2018June 3, 2018 by Simon
“But where are we going I asked?” “We are going to America.”My father said. “Why America?” I prodded. “Because son.” he replied “we were born Amer... Read More
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