Showing posts with label commercialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commercialism. Show all posts
Friday, December 05, 2008

Taking the Commercial Plunge

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As I am coming close to 1,000 posts on this blog -- that is one thousand posts since December 17, 2004 -- it may seem odd that I am just no...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Gift Ideas for Black Friday

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Last year, just before Thanksgiving, I wrote about the origins of "Black Friday" -- the legendary "busiest" shopping da...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Mettez vos mains sur le volant!

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An amusing viral video that has attracted almost 200,000 hits on YouTube in about three days turns out to be a publicity gimmick by a compan...
Friday, December 07, 2007

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

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More than ten years ago, I wrote an article called " A Moral Case for Christmas Commercialism ," which appeared in a good number o...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Freberg the Prophet

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Almost 50 years ago, radio personality Stan Freberg released his classic, " Green Chri$tma$ ," which skewered what he perceived as...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Christmas Shopping List

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And now for a break from political posts ... Do you have a hard-to-shop-for friend or relative? Are you looking for quirky gifts that may...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

An "Honors" Honor

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I feel complimented. My long-ago piece called " A Moral Case for Christmas Commercialism " has been chosen as required reading f...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Black Friday Approaches

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The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the most active shopping days of the year. The tradition is not new -- even Franklin D. ...
Saturday, December 02, 2006

Seasonal Silliness

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Seeing the editorial pages of the Washington Times and Washington Post in agreement is a rare thing. Even rarer is to see an editorial on...
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Friday, April 08, 2005

Take Mr. Jefferson to Best Buy

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This story is a month old, but it just came to my attention today. Reported in the Baltimore Sun on March 8 and on WorldNetDaily yesterda...
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Sunday, December 19, 2004

A Moral Case for Christmas Commercialism

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Back in 1995, I wrote the following article to point out that "commercialism" during the holiday season is not something to be der...
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