American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

WRAP-A-NAP: Pillow and eyeshade in one!

Matt: I think we need to review this!
WRAP-A-NAP: HUG YOUR HEAD!

Watch this if you want to understand inflation

Yesterday’s Senate hearing on commodities (Real Player).

How ‘How it Sucks’ Sucks

Or, How To Make Money Off of a Weak Website That Pulls Data From Amazon and Offers Nothing New Or Remotely Interesting. But I felt that title was a bit too wordy.
I came across HowItSucks [HIS] (which I will not link to in fear that you might go to their site and artificially boost their [...]

Don’t Buy Into It

If you are fed up with mass consumerism and think that the capitalist paradigm we live in is bringing about the destruction of the planet, maybe the shopping and sales on Black Friday are something you don’t want to participate in. Well then, how about Buy Nothing Day.
Buy Nothing day is the Friday after Thanksgiving [...]

American Madness Black Friday Sale!

You may have noticed the increased posting today and yesterday. This is because Josh and I have been building up a pile of posts here for those of you who plan on reading over the next two days while we are off enjoying our Thanksgiving dinners. Don’t expect much from the two of us on [...]

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