Black Friday is often held as an example of American consumerism at it’s worse. Some people think it points to a systemic economic and moralistic flaw in our society. Still others say it promotes greediness over sharing and represents the exact opposite of what Christmas is really supposed to be about. I just find the [...]

Thanksgiving is just around the corner this year and I was reminded of that in the funniest of ways: chocolate turkeys. It wasn’t going into Walmart or Target and seeing all of the Halloween candy go to 75% and then 90% off. It wasn’t seeing them pick out the Rockefeller Christmas tree to go on [...]