A New Low in American Consumerism

Well…I hope it was worth it…I hope they all got really good deals, because a Long Island Wal-Mart worker lost his life in the name of consumerism. Throngs of people apparently busted through the front doors 5 minutes before the store was slated to open…apparently they just couldn’t wait any longer. A number of peopleContinue reading “A New Low in American Consumerism”

Buy Nothing Day (AKA Black Friday)

Give it a rest already…do we really need more stuff? While most Americans (and now Canadians) know this day, the day after Thanksgiving, as “Black Friday” (how ironic is that title?) there’s a counter culture that is referring to it as Buy Nothing Day. You can read more about it here, and here. My hopeContinue reading “Buy Nothing Day (AKA Black Friday)”