New York City is popularly designated the global capital of Mammon, the most crassly material economic zone in a crassly materialistic world. Though I am naturally defensive about the city I call home ...

The elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss is that crude oil is the foundation of our materialistic society as it is the basis of all products and fuels demanded by the 8 billion on this ...

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The last few weeks have seen me embark on a clutter clearing frenzy. As I work to eliminate the clutter from my home, filling our rubbish bins and donation boxes to their brim, I can’t help but ...

In 1932, a man named Pat Clayton—a Irish-born explorer and surveyor—was walking along the endless dunes of the Great Sand Sea between Libya and Egypt when he felt something crunch under his boots.