They called it progress the way men have always called it progress, as if naming the thing could make it gentle. As if a new tool could be welcomed into the house and not change the shape of the family At first it came as a convenience. A draft done in minutes. A report that…
Tag: Economics
Seizing Greenland
Picture this: It’s zero dark thirty, and the U.S. military rolls in like they’re delivering Amazon Prime to the Arctic Circle. No muss, no fuss, just a squadron of F-35s buzzing overhead while SEAL Team Six parachutes in with Starbucks lattes and a warrant from the Department of “Because We Can.” Denmark, bless their hygge-loving…
Delay Deny Defend
Isn’t it amazing how insurance companies have turned into the schoolyard bullies of the adult world? Yeah, that’s right, the folks who are supposed to “share your risk” and “have your back” are now the ones knocking your lunch tray onto the floor. Except it’s not a milk carton and a PB&J they’re dropping; it’s…
Tell Him Big Xi Did It
Notorious B.I.G.’s song “Gimme The Loot” about street robbery careers makes scoffing reference to prey who have no practical means of resistance. After a discussion about the ease of robbing women, he simultaneously anticipates and mocks a threat of retaliation, announcing that he knows no effectual response will be forthcoming. Bitches get strangled for their…