O Holy Crap
Santa Claus wine stoppers for sale at a Chicago Christmas market. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
My local Montana landfill is full of the remains of short-lived coffee grinders, pens, peelers, laptops. After Christmas, I’ll need to reserve a bigger plot.
To our veteran subscribers—and to our many newcomers—welcome, again, to The Free Press (formerly Common Sense). We’re so excited you’re here.
If you haven’t yet been introduced to our columnist Walter Kirn—author of eight books, including “Up in the Air”—we think the essay below is a good place to start.
For more of Walter, read his essay The Holy Anarch…
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