The stubbornly seductive perils of justice porn:
Judge Judy and her brethren are the ultimate judicial activists…. [Courtroom TV shows position] judges as unquestionable authorities with unlimited power to scrutinize our lives. What’s truly scary is that Judge Judy—a judge even more capricious, interventionist, and megalomaniacal than Simon Cowell—remains the undisputed queen of the genre.
“Churches are ill-equipped to deal with [men] who suffer emotional pain”
Good old American racism: a Ford dealer runs a radio ad saying that foreign cars “are rice ready. They’re not road ready.”
Maybe Hillary Clinton could use a bailout
Piano Industry Bailout?
What about the time before the car? Look at the years between 1870 and 1930. As surprising as this may sound today, the biggest-ticket item on every household budget besides the house itself was its piano. Everyone had to have one. Those who didn’t have one aspired to have one. It was a prize, an essential part of life, and they sold by the millions and millions.
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