Pencils and Politics

A piece from George F. Will in Newsweek that explores the interelatedness of things, services, jobs, economies that bring about the production of something with no overall controller, no 'pencil Czar' for instance...

London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...

A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...

Ashy Thoughts Of A Crazy Senior

  What one does with one’s cremains has never really been much of a concern for me.  Not until a few weeks ago, when I read a news story about an Edmonton company offering to make you into a pencil...

Thanksgiving Tradition Revisited

"The reaction is exactly what Morgan expects: The kids get angry and want their things back. Morgan is among elementary school teachers who have ditched the traditional Thanksgiving lesson, in which children dress...

Dude, where's my cross?

Once part of the cast of the ultimate movie the Usual Suspects, Stephen Baldwin is now an "Unusual Suspect" the protagonist in his new book with the same name.  Salon.com quotes him at a recent live...

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