By Ross Turchyn A blade of grass grows through concrete, not because it wants to, but because that is what it must do—often because that is all it knows how to do. Summers on the prairie are as long as a golden sea of wheat stretching off into the country mile. Both my grandparents owned […]
Veblen-Inspired Reflections on the Recent Federal Anti-Drug Campaign If you’re not already acquainted, allow me to introduce you to Thorstein Veblen, an early 20th century economist who provided a biting analysis of upper middle class and wealthy citizens in modern nations. He called them the leisure class. They’re also the governing class. In Veblen’s view, […]
