My friend Adam sent this my way. An excellent summation of the colossal disaster that is the US economy.
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Unfortunately, we’ve chosen wrong.
The original version of this poster (HT Aza Raskin) was ruined by Comic Sans and a weakened message. The original included a third photo of bicyclists, which diluted the impact of comparing only two things. (Comparing car to bicycle would also be strong.)
The original also failed to include a number for the amount of […]
Make Something Day is a response to Adbuster’s famous Buy Nothing Day, which is itself a response to that high holy day of American consumerism called Black Thursday. Buy Nothing Day resists consumerism with buying nothing. The people behind Make Something Day have a better idea:
In response to the over-consumptive habits of western culture, Adbusters magazine […]
Today is the 2nd annual Blog Action Day, a day for bloggers to take (coordinated) action on a social justice issue. This year’s focus is poverty.
There’s a lot of things that I could say, both positive and negative, about doing a day like this. I’m not going to bother.
What I will say is simply this: poverty exists, […]
Here’s the opening lines from a new article by Charles Colson:
I have been surprised by the number of Christians who have given up on politics this year. “I don’t like either candidate, so I’m staying home,” some say.
I get fed up with the vain posturing and empty promises, too. But not voting is not an option—it’s both […]
One of the things that struck me as I was watching the Canadian English-language leaders debate this past Thursday was the amount of attention given to environmental issues. Although this was encouraging (and producing of condescending smirks towards our southerly neighbours), I was also uneasy about the particular focus on the oil sands in Alberta […]
