Monthly Archives: October 2008

News coverage of holiday shopping

The mainstream media just don’t get it. The joy of Christmas isn’t about buying and consuming things. Even if you grant the premise that retail sales should be the object, they still don’t get it. They didn’t get it last … Continue reading

It will not be a “gloomy Christmas”

The prophets of doom are in full cry telling us it will be a “gloomy Christmas.” But wait. Regardless of what the media will tell you, it can be joyful. What they define as “Christmas” is the frenzied fourth-quarter retail … Continue reading