Hunter Lazzaro

2 weeks ago | unchartedblue.com | On Whetsday |Mark Sumner |Hunter Lazzaro |Laura Clawson

At this moment, the United States is in the middle of a concerted financial meltdown driven entirely by the destructive policies of Donald Trump. Trump's massive tariffs and incoherent actions are threatening a global recession—if not depression. But they have already resulted in enormous, irreprabable harm to the United States. That's not a threat. It's a done deal.

Sep 30, 2024 | unchartedblue.com | Hunter Lazzaro |Steven Andrew |Mark Sumner |Charles Jay

We've talked about this before, but I'm really not certain why retail store executives are so insistent on making the basic experience of "shopping" into a consumer-abusing hellscape. Large, ominously-shaped security and cleaning robots wandering the aisles. Shopping carts with video screens flashing advertisements in your face; digital price tags on the shelves so that the back office can update prices on the fly when weather conditions suggest an opportunity for a bit of light gouging.