The evils of a consumer society:

Mano Singham (who should be bookmarked, or rather whose Web Journal should, since it contains lots of well-researched meaty goodness on the evolution and religion question, and slamming a man one has never met in a book is just rude*) writes oodles of sense.

We’ve also just missed Buy Nothing Day (23rd Nov.)

*Although I could think up a few deserving candidates.