Save a magazine, go buy a car.

May 1st, 2009 | business, industry news | No comments

Portfolio magazine billed me $12.00 in April for a print subscription. Two weeks later, Conde Naste stops publication. Same situation with the old Domino title. Billed then closed. Newsweek, Wired and The New Yorker beware. I have recently sent my cursed money your way.
Truth be told, the downfall of Portfolio is not my fault. According [...]

Dorthea Lange on Main Street

September 30th, 2008 | history, layoffs/cuts/buyouts, news coverage | No comments

My mood is 777 points lower this morning. Derivatives, sub-prime loans, securities, bonds. How do you photograph a crisis still playing out on a balance sheet? Traders with heads in hands, foreclosure signs, politicians at lecterns. What I’m not seeing is any evidence of the human condition on Main Street in national media coverage.
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