I object to the term influencer. Can’t we just call such people marketers, or self-promoters? Self-promoting marketer Chet Larson from Minnesota seems to share my discomfort…
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The United States Department of Agriculture this month produced perhaps the best illustration yet of the reality of climate change. On November 15, the USDA…
Of course, consumers would have a lot more money to spend on Christmas goodies if we behaved like every other civilized nation and implemented universal…
Speaking of spending, movie theaters appear to have enjoyed their best Thanksgiving since the pandemic. Indeed, the theater I sat in Friday to watch The Holdovers…
Preliminary data suggest that holiday spending at brick-and-mortar stores is rather mellow, in part because shoppers already found a lot of the deals they wanted…
President Joe Biden used Thanksgiving to urge Americans to be good: President Biden in a Thanksgiving message on Thursday said Americans should “come together” and…
Patrick Lalley’s report on the plagiarism behind Governor Kristi Noem’s bad-plumber ads reminds us of the importance of anonymity in a one-party regime. His multiple…
Budgets declare values. We spend money on the things we love. So when South Dakota fetus-fetishists shout, “I want more babies, more babies, we love…
Former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler joins the chorus of honest citizens who recognize Donald Trump threatens democracy in America: Pressler has been sizing-up the…
The G/O Media corporation is shutting down feminist website Jezebel, not because Jezebel’s not awesome—because Jezebel is, and was, and was part of blogging when…