A $78 Blu-Ray Player @ Wal*Mart: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 23, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.23.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Walmart continues to roll out holiday specials including a $78 Blu-ray player sale on Black Friday. In addition to the low price Blu-ray consoles,...

Back off, Santa!

Fortune's Stanley Bing, 11.20.2009

Fortune Magazine Columnist

I was riding in a taxi the other day. The driver had the radio on. I don't like to tell drivers who have their radios on to turn them off. First, if i...

Black Friday Music Video: "Can't Get No Zhu Zhu Pet Blues"

Andrea Chalupa, 11.19.2009

Editor at Walletpop

Oh, Black Friday. That great stampede for bargain prices. There are so many coveted items during this nationwide shopping rush, but none is more sough...

Wal-Mart Fined Only $7,000 For Negligence in Black Friday Trampling Death

Al Norman, 06.26.2009

60 Minutes Called "Guru" of anti-Wal-Mart movement

Allowing Wal-Mart to buy itself out of criminal prosecution did not sit well with the victim's family. "It's like if they were driving a car and they hit someone, killed him and walked away," said the father of the victim.

Cops Blame Wal-Mart For Trampling Death

Al Norman, 02.03.2009

60 Minutes Called "Guru" of anti-Wal-Mart movement

The police in Nassau County, New York released a report this week that clearly lays the blame for a Black Friday trampling death on Wal-Mart.

JCPenney Describes Sale as "Doorbuster!"

Lisa Wade, 01.27.2009

There is something truly amazing about a sign touting "Doorbuster!" sales that shows how quickly we forget, how callous we can be, and the level of incompetence at JCPenney.

Black Friday

Patrick Takahashi, 01.27.2009

On to the Blue Revolution

If there is a mega landslide of sufficient size and velocity falling into a deep ocean, the tsunami can be as high as 1000 meters, depending on who you ask.

"Fundamentalist Consumerism" Kills Us Quickly and Slowly

Bruce E. Levine, 01.22.2009

All fundamentalists decry, deny, or ignore the multiple dimensions of life that fall outside their particular theologies and ideologies. Fundamentalist consumerists could not care less about workers' rights, human-scale business, and environmental sanity.

3 Ways to Get Self-Centered For The Holidays

Jason Mannino, 01.19.2009

Career Coach, Life Coach, Speaker/Trainer, Founder: The People Agenda

When we think "self-centered," unpleasant images often come to mind; but it becomes important in the context of self-actualization to distinguish SELF...

Congress Says FCC Chair Abused Power: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 10, 2008

Shelly Palmer, 01.10.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a scathing 110 page report titled "Deception and Distrust...

Changing the Present

Dr. Susan Corso, 01.09.2009

Omnifaith spiritual expert

Is anyone else having trouble shopping for the holidays this year? I sure am. I'm finding that I cannot buy things. I'm definitely in the spirit of the season, but things just aren't cutting it.

Wal-Mart's Failure to Protect Its Workers: An Unfortunate Symbol

David Nassar, 01.03.2009

When ten employees of the Wal-Mart meat department in a TX store elected UFCW as their union, Wal-Mart immediately scrapped their entire network of in-store butcher departments nationwide.

Wal-Mart On Black Friday: Who Done It?

Reverend Billy, 01.02.2009

Spiritual Leader of the Church of Life After Shopping

Jdimytai Damour's death in Valley Stream, Long Island did not come from Wal-Mart, or from Black Friday -- it was not just negligence. It was murder. ...

Veterans Bring The Truth Home

Stephen Funk, 01.02.2009

Queer and Antiwar in the Marine Corps

Even considering the long list of mistakes perpetuated by this Administration on the American people, the war in Iraq is by far the most urgent problem president-elect Obama must address.

Black Friday At Wal-Mart: The Cost Of Crazed Consumerism

Dr. Judith Rich, 01.02.2009

Competition is so endemic to our culture, consumption has become a competitive sport. Am I the only one who thinks something is out of whack here? Remember the mortgage mess we're in?

From India to Wal-Mart: May All Your Mobs Have a Hero

Phil Bronstein, 01.01.2009

Executive Vice President and Editor-at-Large, San Francisco Chronicle

What's going on here is only the ugly reality of herd mentality. It's why governments are so nervous about mass demonstrations and why "crowd control" is a fundamental concept in maintaining public security.

Jdimytai Damour, We Will Slow Down

Reverend Billy, 01.01.2009

Spiritual Leader of the Church of Life After Shopping

Last night, Sunday the 30th, the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir embarked in vans and a pace car with a lawyer -- journeying to the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, Long Island -- for a vigil and songfest.

What Recession?

Fortune's Stanley Bing, 01.01.2009

Fortune Magazine Columnist

Who are all these people forking over piles of green? Aren't they aware that the economy is in the sump?

"Buy Nothing Day" Sermonette

Reverend Billy, 01.01.2009

Spiritual Leader of the Church of Life After Shopping

The big bucks investors will shop again when they feel better, and the rest of us will follow soon after, standing in line to swipe the plastic.

Wal-Mart Stampede: And So This is Christmas

Jeannie Ralston, 01.01.2009

When I told my husband about the worker trampled by frenzied Wal-Mart shoppers on Friday morning, he thought it was a joke.

Shopacoplypse Now

Kerry Trueman, 01.01.2009

Co-founder of EatingLiberally.org

I've tried to put myself in the shoes of the Long Island lemmings who stomped the life out of Jdimytai "Jimbo" Damour... but I just can't seem to fit into their frenzied footwear.