11.23.2012

Of course we are still here

We have been medically indisposed for the last few days but we're back, just in time to bring you this meditation on the greatest authentically American holiday, from Salon.

Shopping is the lifeblood of our economy; capitalism as we know it would founder if we all stopped buying stuff. In this context, “buying nothing” on the very day that the Christmas shopping season traditionally begins would be foundationally unpatriotic. And if that means passing the gravy while standing in line in front of Wal-Mart, so be it.

Read the full story here.

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