This is jellyfish capitalism. It is business without backbone. Pressure groups target companies and their advertisers to create just enough fear to make them ask themselves: “Who cares what is right? Why bother fighting? Where’s the upside for us?”
Happy New Year! Millions of Americans took time over the holidays to make resolutions for the coming year. They promised to lose weight, exercise, and eat healthier. But since there’s no chance I’m going to do anything like that, I resolved to try and create something that might entertain, enlighten, and cut through the clutter. [...]
Today is New Year’s Eve and tomorrow we arrive at the third and final holiday in our American Trilogy. Over Thanksgiving and Christmas you did away with the clutter in your life. You were grateful for the gift of redemption. You embraced the chance to serve others. It felt good, right?
Tomorrow is December 25th, what most think of as the end of the season. But me, I see it as the “middle child” in our trilogy of American holidays. We started back on Thanksgiving, preparing for the renewal that comes at the start of the New Year.