McDonald’s: How Tacky can the Golden Arches Get?
McDonald’s is scrambling, and we’re not talking eggs. You know your business has what image consultants call “quality perception issues” when you have to launch a PR initiative … Read more
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Je Suis Hebdo
US citizens were confused by the Charlie Hebdo attack. France has satirical magazines. America has Spongebob. Decades after being dismissed by George S. Kaufman as a genre that … Read more
Resolutions I’m Looking Forward To In 2015
2015 Resolutions: This year will be different. You watch. Usually over the period of 12 months, you get an equal balance of good days and bad. On the … Read more
Cannabis: America’s Common Sense Crop
Things are finally coming around again for that much-maligned plant, cannabis In 1914, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst mounted a yellow-journalism crusade to demonize the entire genus of … Read more
College Bowl Games Become Corporate Money Games
Rather than reflecting a sense of place and local pride, the new bowl games are money hustles Growing up in Texas, I learned that God and guns were … Read more
Populist Proposals Win in 2014
Populist ideas win big, but not Democrats There’s no denying that Democrats took a drubbing at the polls in 2014. Running cautious campaigns and shying away from Obamacare, … Read more
The Gifts They Should’ve Gotten
Will Dur$t’$ Belated 2014 Xma$ Gift Wi$h Li$t Hey guys. Did this whole crazy holy daze madcap bedlam thing sneak up on you this year, making the world … Read more
Citigroup Becomes Its Own Self-Serving Lawmaker
It must be nice to be able to write your own laws, like Citigroup! Congress, which has long been so tied up in a partisan knot by right-wing … Read more
Bushes: 3, U.S.: 0
Our little Jeb Bush caterpillar is now one step closer to being a big, bad, beautiful butterfly. Still recovering from the sonic bombshell dropped by Jeb Bush, announcing … Read more
Thinking of Amazon Workers This Holiday Season
Amazon CEO named “World’s Worst Boss” During the hectic holiday shopping season, Jeff Bezos’ Amazon.com may seem like a great option, especially for us procrastinators. Anything you want … Read more
