Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Wednesday, January 26, 2005: My newspaper rarely does front-page obituaries, particularly of celebrities. The last was Marlon Brando’s. Monday morning it gave top-of-2A play for Johnny Carson, the penultimate spot. The front page would have been appropriate. Carson was a significant icon of the 20th century, in American culture (popular […]
Category: American Culture
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No blue-light special
Not a blue-light special Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, July 1, 2004. Again proving my personal theory about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is this week’s news about the Springdale Sam’s Club seeking a a permit for package liquor sales. Oh, the theory is that Wal-Mart is conservative economically, not politically or theologically. Sam’s executives want […]
Bargaining universal
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, June 10, 2004. The small business community continues to make itself extinct. It’s so easy to hit Wal-Mart as it’s such a big target (pun intended) but it’s what we truly want. Bargaining is a basic human need as food and sex, if you think about it. Bargaining is […]
Is it real, or Desenex?
^q¬dt face=”Courier New, Courier, mono”>Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Monday, March 15, 2004. Reality TV shows are not reality. Even close. Just think about them with a little deliberation, and it’s obvious. Yet people watch them, and talk about them, as if they are. -30-
The Passion of the Gimmick
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, March 9, 2004. "The Passion of the Christ." I have not seen the movie, though it’s been out a couple of weeks. I am not curious about it, the way I have been about other movies about Christianity, and so may not see it anytime soon. It’s not the […]