“American Dream” Articles

The show’s message is as old as humanity: the life we build is often not the life we want.

With an MLM, you give yourself over; you sell yourself to the business because you are the product. They make money off you and if you make any money, it’s off your downline.

Though we gravitate toward Midge’s beautiful and witty story of overcoming, it is modeled upon an American myth that to be free we must ultimately be unencumbered and successful.

Trump runs his campaign like an old-fashioned, mid-19th century political pro.

Nightcrawler, Gone Girl, and Foxcatcher all explore the potentials and liabilities of pursuing the American dream, pressing us to consider when the attainment of personal aspirations and achievements lead to the exploitation of others.

Interestingly enough, there are companies emerging that offer us the ability to share the things that we aren’t using every minute of every day.