The One Thing I’ll Never Buy From Patagonia Again

Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, shines a positive light on some of Wal-Mart’s business practices in his book The Responsible Business. Surprising, for this box store that gets such a bad rap in mainstream liberal circles to get a shout out from such an ethically-minded businessman. Perhaps it’s time to to reconsider any snobbery you’ve […]

Can we stop with the tipis?

I’m a sucker for cute woodland animals (ok, and prehistoric animals, too). I think I’m not alone (though perhaps I am in my age bracket) as I’ve seen lots of prints lately with cartoon foxes, raccoons, rabbits, bears, moose, squirrel, hedgehogs…and tipis. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe most of the aforementioned […]