A (not so) Dream Vacation in La Belle
America has become La Belle in many aspects. Take the food system, for example. Rather than fresh food being delivered from farms to consumers, we have created this complex web…
Angelina’s Mastectomy & Media’s Lobotomy
Angelina Jolie’s decision to get a preventative double mastectomy was covered by the media in a very unusual way - a lot of the coverage was very emotional, and some…
Marketing 101 for Activists
If you have ever been to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, there is one thing that you would have noticed for sure. No, I am not talking about the babes…
I want Just F***ing Food
I was at a moderately priced Sushi restaurant a few weeks ago. While I was going through the menu, I saw that they had crab. When the waitress came by,…
Prop 37: David vs. Goliath
Some of the biggest corporations are spending millions of dollars to defeat Proposition 37, a controversial initiative on the California November ballot calling for the labeling of food and beverages…
Why I Can’t “Like” Facebook’s Valuation
The much hyped and anticipated IPO that placed Facebook’s valuation at a whopping $100 billion has been a huge flop, with the stock down by almost 30 percent from its…
Greece Battles for Democracy and Survival
Greece's unemployment rate is 25 percent - and for people under the age of 25, it’s 50 percent. In the last three years, the stock market is down 90 percent,…