Monthly Archives: June 2010
bp image ads come at taxpayer expense
It’s been nearly a week since the disappointing culmination of the NBA Finals, and, as the dream of a Celtics 18th championship recedes from consciousness, I can finally begin to reflect on the spectator experience of watching this year’s series … Continue reading
Filed under Accountable Wealth, Advertising, Economic Justice, Fair Taxation
in memoriam: manute bol
At seven foot, six inches tall, Manute Bol was a big man on the basketball court. As a former NBA star who gave away nearly all of his life’s earnings, he was an even bigger man off the basketball court. … Continue reading
Filed under Philanthropy, Social Change
slow money, part one
At the end of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, teenage protagonist Ferris Bueller notes, “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” No truer, less intentional words were ever spoken about … Continue reading
Filed under Consumerism, Economic Opportunity, Philanthropy
term of the intermittent time period: stuntertainment
Stuntertainment: n. “the undertaking of a gimmicky project or activity for the purpose of attracting publicity and parlaying said publicity into a payday.” – J. Maureen Henderson see also: “frugality experiments“ How is it that, in the midst of this … Continue reading
Filed under Class
class observations of american idol
Like some 24.2 million viewers, I watched the final episode of this season’s American Idol last week. And like nearly a quarter billion of my media-consuming comrades, I was treated to Simon Cowell’s class-consciousless rendering of the American Dream. Idol’s … Continue reading
Filed under American Dream, Class, Economic Opportunity
