While President Obama’s campaign outspent Mitt Romney’s, American voters ultimately favored the middle class guy over the rich guy. In Connecticut, Linda E. McMahon spent her own $40 million for a Senate seat and lost. Different circumstances and dollar amounts, but a notable point remains: money won’t help you if you’re not interesting to begin with.
Today on StoryCorps, Robert Griffo tells the story of his high life at a successful Wall Street investment firm. Money... cocaine... heroin... real "bright lights, big city." In the wake of the crash on Black Monday in 1987, he lost…
I’m going to get shot in the head for this: I can’t stand designer brand labels on the outside of clothing. The streets have been taken over by slaves of branding, overrun by Banana Republicans and Abercrombie Zombies around every corner. The Walking Dead in Designer Thread.
In terms of corrosive messages from the beauty and fashion industries or from culture in general, women are dealt the lowest of blows. Whatever the source, women receive a twisted message that tells them they won't get married, loved, liked,…
As my friends and readers know, I love my bike. My ride is a Brooklyn Cruiser, which not only gets me around town, but it also turns heads. When someone attractive looks my way, my excitement quickly subsides when I…
On the episode of Studio 360 from Friday, April 27, 2012, host Kurt Andersen talks with Salon reporter Scott Timberg about the recession's ongoing impact on the creative class: designers, photographers, writers, filmmakers, artists, musicians, architects, etc. While the economy…
We're now living in a culture where jeans have become a premium item, and sneakers have become the pumped, pimped and hyped norm. The result is a new breed of uber-casual adult man: the non-athlete wearing athletic footwear and over-specialized…
We're incessantly bludgeoned by requests to “Like” something or someone on Facebook. The question remains: "Why should I like you?" I’m actually going to give you 10 reasons why. Here they are...
10 min., 32 sec. In our digital age, there is unprecedented expectation and pressure to be always "on." Armed with smartphones, we're expected to be available for text messages and emails at any time - even calls, if you're part…
When I was a kid, and naturally hairless below the scalp, I couldn't wait to grow up to be a man. The act of shaving one's face was a rite of passage I was eager to reach as a pre-adolescent…