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  • Fast Fashion on Its Last Legs — Thank Millennials

    Fast Fashion on Its Last Legs — Thank Millennials0

    It’s become a joke by now. But the fact that young people are broke has changed how they see consumption as a whole. In switching from single-serving to long-lasting and in prioritizing quality over quantity, they no longer see fashion as young people did 10 years ago. And as retail giants that cater to young

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  • Fascism Has Left and Right Wing Roots

    Fascism Has Left and Right Wing Roots1

    An analogy is haunting the United States – the analogy of fascism. It is virtually impossible (outside certain parts of the Right-wing itself) to try to understand the resurgent Right without hearing it described as – or compared with – 20th-century interwar fascism. Like fascism, the resurgent Right is irrational, close-minded, violent and racist. So

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  • Farming Isn’t an Information Age Skill

    Farming Isn’t an Information Age Skill0

    Hwilc pe gepuht betwux woruld crœftas heoldan ealdordom? Eorptilp, forpam se yrpling us ealle fett.  [Master] Which do you think, amongst the world-crafts, holds the most authority? [Pupil] Agriculture, for the farm feeds us all. — Œlfric’s Colloqy There’s an art to making hay. When executed properly, haymaking enables farmers to feed animals with the

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  • Farmer and Former Factory Worker Finds Overnight Fame with Viral Country Ballad

    Farmer and Former Factory Worker Finds Overnight Fame with Viral Country Ballad5

    Last week, Oliver Anthony was a blue-collar worker from Farmville, Virginia, living on a 90-acre farm with his three dogs, a man unknown to the world. Today, his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” is at the top of the global music charts. A backyard recording of his “blue collar anthem,” as it’s been dubbed,

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  • Farm Tough

    Farm Tough0

    Recently, my 10-year-old son, Eric, made a play in his baseball game that I was particularly proud of. He didn’t strike out the side or make a fantastic stop in the field. He didn’t smash a double down the left-field line. No, it wasn’t a remarkable play at all—Eric was hit by a pitch on

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  • Farewell, Christopher Tolkien. Middle-Earth Is Indebted to You

    Farewell, Christopher Tolkien. Middle-Earth Is Indebted to You0

    Last week in France, and at the age of 95, Christopher John Reuel Tolkien quietly passed away. The headlines of many obituaries and tributes refer to him as the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, which indeed he was. Born in England on November 21, 1924, he was the third of four children of J.R.R and Edith

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