American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

The madness of holiday gift giving.
I give holidays the Nancy Reagan.

This year I’m just saying no to holiday shopping.
Holiday consumerism is one of the most garish displays of American Madness, symptomatic of a souless culture that has replaced true fellow feeling with jargon, slogans, products and guilt.
Even in Strasbourg, France, birthplace of Christmas tree, the famous market is now reportedly overrun with tourists [...]

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