Category Archives: Consumer boycott

What is a B Corporation? It’s good for all of us

Here’s an email notice I got from my favorite furniture store, Room & Board. They told me they had become a B Corporation. What is a B Corporation?, I asked the email. (I talk to anything, mostly food and appliances, … Continue reading

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Are you wondering about the onslaught of Balance of Nature TV ads?

Oh gee, here it comes! Balance of Nature with what seems like an endless campaign to convince me, through “real people” on-camera testimonials, how their stuff will upgrade my life and health. What do those “real people” say? You don’t … Continue reading

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Just one of those judgment calls

From Harper’s Weekly Review: A Washington, D.C., a firefighter who stopped during an emergency call to pick up Chick-fil-A was reported dismissed.

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