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Consumerism

  • The Latest Study on Trigger Warnings Finally Convinced Me They’re Not Worth It

    “Trigger warnings just don’t help,” Payton Jones, a clinical psychology doctoral student at Harvard, tweeted alongside a preprint of his new paper. He further explained that the paper actually suggests that trigger warnings might even be harmful. When I saw the tweet, my gut reaction was... Read more
    Written by Shannon Palus  |  
    Posted by Yaro on August 13th, 2019

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  • Texas governor signs controversial ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill into law

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed the so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill into law, a new provision that supporters say defends the fast-food restaurant and protects religious freedoms. Opponents have argued it discriminates against the LGBT community. Abbott, a Republican, did not hold... Read more
    Written by Talia Kaplan  |  
    Posted by Yaro on June 12th, 2019

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  • ‘They had us fooled’: Inside Payless’s elaborate prank to dupe people into paying $600 for shoes

    A mini-runway, lined with stiletto heels, glistens in bright fluorescent lighting. Shoes of various types sit neatly in individual glass shelves. A statue of an angel carrying several shopping bags stands in the middle as Los Angeles fashionistas mill about, trying on shoes, posing on the red... Read more
    Written by Kristine Phillips   |  
    Posted by Yaro on December 4th, 2018

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  • Big toy store will lose a projected $2.7 million to put family first this Christmas Eve

    With Christmas day falling on a Monday this year, many families will be be rushing around on Sunday trying to find those last-minute gifts or cooking ingredients. But Gary Grant, the founder of The Entertainer (the largest independent toy retailer in the UK), will be sitting at home “helping... Read more
    Written by Cerith Gardiner  |  
    Posted by Yaro on December 20th, 2017

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  • First Things and the Market Economy

    In a recent First Things column, editor R.R. Reno confirmed that the magazine founded by Father Richard John Neuhaus has substantially revised its hitherto generally positive view of the market economy. This formal shift toward what I’ll call “One Reluctant Cheer for—and Many Doubts... Read more
    Written by Samuel Gregg   |  
    Posted by Yaro on October 19th, 2017

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  • Marvel VP: ‘Diversity’ In Our Characters Is Killing Our Sales

    On Monday, Marvel Comics admitted what those who actually read comics have known all along: the emphasis on leftist messaging in comic books is killing the appeal. David Gabriel, the vice president of sales at Marvel, said that comic book retailers were reporting a drop-off in interest in the... Read more
    Written by Ben Shapiro  |  
    Posted by Yaro on April 4th, 2017

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  • The Stuff Nobody Wants

    As those from the Depression and World War II eras die, their children are left to resolve a tragic problem that past generations did not face. The problem involves stuff nobody wants. The possessions of parents are no longer prized by many children. The family silver means little to them.... Read more
    Written by JOHN HORVAT II  |  
    Posted by Yaro on March 20th, 2017

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  • My dad predicted Trump in 1985 – it’s not Orwell, he warned, it’s Brave New World

    Over the last year, as the presidential campaign grew increasingly bizarre and Donald Trump took us places we had never been before, I saw a spike in media references to Amusing Ourselves to Death, a book written by my late father, Neil Postman, which anticipated back in 1985 so much about what... Read more
    Written by Andrew Postman  |  
    Posted by Yaro on February 3rd, 2017

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  • Poverty, Politics, and the Church in Pope Francis’s Argentina

    Before Jorge Bergoglio’s election as the first Latin American pope in 2013, Argentina was famous for many things: tango, its magnificent pampas, the beautiful late-nineteenth century architecture that marks much of Buenos Aires, to name just a few. Unfortunately, other things also come to... Read more
    Written by Dr. Samuel Gregg  |  
    Posted by Yaro on August 23rd, 2016

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  • Even Materialists Crave Religion

    Even materialists crave religion. The need to believe—to locate ultimate meaning in the universe—is deeply embedded in our natures. Atheists seek to deflect attention from this deeply human yearning. Thus, Richard Dawkins famously wrote that Darwin made it possible “to be an... Read more
    Written by Wesley J. Smith  |  
    Posted by Yaro on July 1st, 2016

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