In junior college, thirty-eight years ago, a sociology professor predicted the current resurgence of handcrafted items. He said the increasing mechanization and mass culture would create a desire for the personal, the handmade, and the individualized. I was reminded of that prediction this morning when I ran across an admonition to Buy Homemade this holiday …
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The Party is Over
It's almost official. The American party, populated by men in gold jewelry and women in silk gowns is over. Well, maybe not for everybody, and for some of us the party never started, but for many Americans, the stock market is crashing the party. The festival of endless food and fuel and increasing 401Ks is …