October 28, 2006
The homeowner and the fire
The homeowner whose house four firefighters died protecting in the Esperanza fire has a profile in the LAT today. It's a second home, in which he invested years of work and where he stored a collection of Indian artifacts and antique cars even though, in his words, "there are quite a few fires up there", one of which was stopped...
What's really wrong with Wal-Mart
I have to weigh in to the Wal-Mart discussion, because if we only talk about the retail and labor economics of this institution, we are missing something that may be even more important. I'm thinking about the degradation of everyday life Wal-Mart, and all big-box stores and malls, enforce as an inseparable condition of their ability to provide a lot...
