Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as 'consumers.' OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings. James Howard Kunstler beingcitizenconsumer Change image and share on social
I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done - and perhaps the most damaging thing that has happened in American politics in my lifetime. Because once the rule of law is absent in money matters, then anything really goes in politics. James Howard Kunstler absentamericandamage share on social
History is merciless. History doesn't care if we pound our society down a rat hole. It's up to us to make more intelligent choices about how we live! James Howard Kunstler carechoicehistory Change image and share on social
When a society is stressed, when it comes up against things that are hard to understand, you get a lot of delusional thinking. James Howard Kunstler delusionalhardlot Change image and share on social
Our twenty-first century economy may focus on agriculture, not information. James Howard Kunstler agriculturecenturyeconomy Change image and share on social
As a long-time registered Democrat who started voting in the year of Watergate, I resent being taken for a ride to the place where anything goes and nothing matters. And especially where nothing matters less than clear thinking and straight talk. James Howard Kunstler cleardemocratlong share on social
If the Internet exists at all in the future, it will be on a much-reduced scale from what we enjoy today, and all the activities of everyday life are not going to reside on it. James Howard Kunstler activityenjoyeveryday Change image and share on social
The newspaper headlines may shout about global warming, extinctions of living species, the devastation of rain forests, and other worldwide catastrophes, but Americans evince a striking complacency when it comes to their everyday environment and the growing calamity that it represents. James Howard Kunstler americancalamitycatastrophe share on social
Everything we do these days - our lust for ever more comfort, pleasure, and distraction, our refusal to engage with the mandates of reality, our fidelity to cults of technology and limitless growth, our narcissistic national exceptionalism - all of this propels us toward the realm where souls abandon all hope. James Howard Kunstler abandoncomfortcult share on social
Parallel parking is desirable for two reasons: parked cars create a physical barrier and psychological buffer that protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from moving vehicles; and a rich supply of parallel parking can eliminate the need for parking lots, which are extremely destructive of the civic fabric. James Howard Kunstler barrierbuffercar share on social