When epidemics grow exponentially, the way the time flows becomes haphazard. If news of casualties were markers, it should seem like that time should shrink, but time seems to behave weirdly. It oscillates between periods of ennui, and panic of the instant. Everything seems like an eternity away. Yesterday, in fact, seems to have the echoes of last century. Penn closed this week over the spring break. Over a spate of three progressively discomfiting announcements, classes were delayed, then moved online and eventually all gatherings of 25 or more people were prohibited. So, I am spending the spring break in the west coast, almost an epicenter compared to idyllic Pennsylvania. My trend line is full of academic Twitterati, complaining about…
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Knives Out is a modern throwback to classic Christie whodunits, complete with the imposing mansion, an old dead person, the usual assortment of idiosyncratic family members and backhanded political commentary. And the Pynchon Joke.
Leave a CommentEvery one is worried that monopolies are getting large. FTC is worried too.
This is not a post on Facebook and Instagram, or another commonly directed invective at the Amazon, YouTube and other platforms that are pervading our lives. After a long lull, FTC has decided that they need to step in and prevent the most pernicious monopoly that has cut many people: Razor Blades. Also, not in the way you think.
I write about things FTC got right, and what they got wrong, in their unanimous decision to sue to block the Edgewell-Harry’s merger.
Sometime back, I talked about grocery retail history, and as Trader Joe’s is in news recently, I think that it is a good time to visit the grocery landscape on this blog. I write about the history of Aldi and TJ’s and what makes TJ’s click: Supply Chain Integration, Product Curation, Staffing and Design Aesthetics.
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