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payback: you ain’t goin’ nowhere
There is such a big divide between the haves and have lesses and have nothing at alls that either this has always existed or that now it is in the realm of active engagement letting all manner of conspiracy theorists, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Bill gates, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jennifer Baichwal, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Margaret Atwood payback, Michael Ferguson, Shepard Fairey, the great gatsby, Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett Great Givers, Wuthering Heights Bronte
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but can it mix a martini?
Sometimes the arc of change is like pulling a cart through knee deep molasses on a cold January morning. There are so many structural constraints in place, so many vested interests, so much anxiety over potential changes and add to … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged andrew McAfee author, Einstein theory of relativity, IBM Watson, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Margaret Wente, Michael Ferguson, Michael Ferguson technological unemployment, Naval Research Laboratory, Pangea3, technological unemployment, tyler cowen author, U.S. Navy LASR, U.S. Navy robotics facility
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forward to the past
Does authenticity have anything to do with the truth or are we conflating an idealized sense of self with a public perception of populism? Today, the mantra among the political pundits is that authenticity serves as the means to gain … Continue reading
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Tagged american gothic, Andrew Potter, Grant Wood American Gothic, harry truman turnip day, Helen Levitt photography, Jared Diamond, joe klein, marshall brain, martin ford, Michael Ferguson, Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, Ron Paul
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a bigger bang: head shots and dumbing down
Blame it on bourgeois ethics? Is the successful t.v. series The Big Bang Theory merely insulting in its violence; a violence which may be an endemic cultural trait within middle-class values, that repository of conservatism and arch determination to maintain … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged christopher caudwell, Chuck Lorre, gary mason globe and mail, Gustav Landauer, H.G. Wells, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Galsworthy, John Heartfield, Martin Buber, Max Beckmann, Michael Ferguson, richard f. hamilton, richard gruneau, Rick Salutin, thomas frank the baffler, vancouver stanley cup riots, Walter Benjamin
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50 ways to leave your job
Is the cup half full or half empty? Does evaporation count? Is deflation inevitable? Even helicopter Ben may be running out of tools and ammo and if the property bubble bursts in China which is likely or their commodities takes … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Ben Bernanke, carson block muddy waters, foxconn factory problems, georgia labor prints, greg mankiw, Joseph Stiglitz, ken rogoff, larry summers, lester thurow, louis vuitton advertising, malcolm moore, martin feldstein, Michael Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Paul Samuelson, stephanie clifford, stephanie clifford new york times
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the ceiling is leaking
There used to be an old joke in Europe that America had Bob Hope, Percy Faith and Johnny Cash, and Country X had no faith, no hope and no cash. Well things have changed a bit… This sorry media-hyped drama … Continue reading
Posted in Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Abbott and Costello, Ben Bernanke, David Weigel, eric cantor, Federal Reserve bank, federal reserve board, gary north, john boehner, John Maynard Keynes, Lydia Lopokova, Michael Ferguson, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, michele bachmann, Ron Paul, serangeli, U.S. debt ceiling, William Roberts, william roberts painter
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THE ROUTING OF SAN ROMANO:PERSPECTIVE ON “RESTORING HONOR”
“Of course, there are significant differences between the two writers: Klein imagines that the problem with the world is too much focus on capitalism at the expense of progressive values and social welfare. Beck, on the other hand, loves capitalism, … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Sharpton, Alberti, Aristotle, Dante Alighieri, Filippo Brunelleschi, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Restoring Honor rally, Jonathan Kay national Post, Kathleen Battle, Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo Bruni, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Machiavelli, Martin Luther King, Michael Ferguson, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, Naomi Klein, Paolo Uccello, Plato, Restoring Honor rally, Sarah Palin, The Rout of San Romano, Uccello, Vasari, William Lowther, Wynton Marsalis
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