A Thin Line Between Apple’s ‘Genius Bar’ and Insanity

It’s apropos that New York’s Apple Store is in the old Soho P.O. Apple is an essential service, they don’t have any competition, and if you don’t like it-well, too bad for you.

Have you experienced their postal behavior? Not “postal” as in emptying an assault weapon into a line of stamp buyers-postal arrogance. Read More

Aesthetics in the Ascendant-Isn’t It Pretty to Think So?

The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness , by Virginia Postrel. HarperCollins, 232 pages, $24.95.

Oh, for the days when having style meant more than just having things. Picture these lost moments: thrill-seekers strung along the cafés of Montparnasse, sharing sips of absinthe; a new bride Read More