There are protests in progress on four continents right now. Each one has a different reason for being, but they’re still worth exploring individually for a second. The purpose of this post isn’t to go into drastic detail on each one —… Continue Reading
Yea, the money is there — Cyber Monday has been around less than a decade, and sales have tripled in that time. But the term, coined by Shop.org based on research trends in 2004, is a bit outdated. When it… Continue Reading
Reich went from being Clinton’s Secretary of Labor to a professor at Brandeis (the class was called “Wealth and Poverty”) to, now, a professor at UC-Berkeley. His central issue is income inequality, and his new film (trailer above) is called Inequality for… Continue Reading
When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was Pulp Fiction (I suppose a more accurate way of saying that is that it’s still one of my favorite movies, and emotionally, I’m not sure I’m much higher up the chain… Continue Reading
It may well be in some respects, given the context: you have a two-time defending champion, getting out-coached but still looking like they were headed to Atlanta for another SEC Championship and then probably on to another BCS Championship, and then suddenly you have… Continue Reading
Deciding to write about this idea came from two distinct events within the past 24 hours, and maybe a few more relevant events within the past year: first off, while browsing Google News, I came across the death of Paul… Continue Reading
Here’s the essential idea: it’s a small device, and relatively cheap ($49.99). It’s produced by General Electric and Quirky, which is basically an open forum for ideas (you submit, people vote on them, every Thursday a panel in NYC moves… Continue Reading
Think about this for a second: tonight, Missouri plays Texas A&M. If you had looked at this game before the season, it would be realistic to expect one team to be ranked No. 5, and one team to be ranked No. 21… Continue Reading