Despite the popularity of Black Friday among retailers and the local news media, every day of the week has at some point or another been described as "black." In fact, an entire week can be cobbled together out of the darkness.
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.
Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
The possibility of your healthy child "being hooked to a respirator" because of Swine Flu is incredibly small. To imply otherwise is an unintelligent scare tactic.
Lauren Mackler | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
If you're living life from a place of fear, you're not free to take risks or pursue your dreams.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
We are witnessing an outbreak of panic and fear as people in the US respond with misunderstanding and ignorance to falsely perceived threats to their ...
New York Times | Jane E. Brody | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living
Could a reason for the panicky reaction to the swine flu outbreak be that it diverted our attention, however briefly, from the devastating effects of ...
Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business
Mass media thrives on melodrama, and so does modern politics. We became addicted to the scary side of the economic meltdown -- the term itself is a piece of verbal melodrama.
James Berman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business
Common knowledge doesn't influence markets, only true surprises do.
Peter Clothier | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
The current spectacle of outrage, skepticism and mistrust amongst Americans is a reminder of a theory I have shared, I know with many others, for quit...
Diane Francis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.
Danny Schechter | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business
Is anyone surprised that the markets would go up after billions of dollars were "injected" into ailing markets? Think of that as an injection of penic...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living
Everywhere we look we're seeing evidence of strain, anxiety and panic. While it's natural and expected that we be affected during these uncertain times, stay out of a state of panic.
Michael Moynihan | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business
Cross-posted at the NDN Blog. New York City -- In his classic 1841 book Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Scottish journalist Charl...
Danny Schechter | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business
Most of us don't have much of a sense of how systems and institutions and economic laws and cycles operate. We expect rationality in a marketplace driven by panicky irrationality.
Steve Wasik | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green
The Conference Board, which has tracked Americans mood swings since 1967, released figures showing that consumer confidence has reached an all time low. Sobering, but in light of the latest media coverage, hardly surprising news.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.
Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business