This Is Common Cents

If there is one thing that big corporations would really like to have, it would be mind control. They would be able to tell all us helpless consumers to buy their products in excess. They would make us spend every last dime we earned on products we by and large wouldn’t need, and they would [...]

Next week, virtually every major retailer is having an event. It’s an event that happens every year, and has become a major part of our culture. Millions of Americans participate in it every year, including a former version of myself several times in the past. I am of course talking about Black Friday sales. Stores [...]