Little Rock This morning as I stumbled out of the trailer and into the main house, my brother-in-law, asked me whether our coffeehouses were benefiting from the Starbucks boycott. I looked at him blankly, tried to start my mental search engine without enough coffee to kick it into gear, until I just said, “The what?” …
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Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Crossroads for Israel
New Orleans There are some issues that are such minefields that good judgment and unusual restraint convince me that it’s best to keep any opinions personal and put a sock in it. The highly contentious questions about the condition of the state of Israel fall firmly in that camp. Unfortunately, in the same way that …
Arizona Boycotts First $90 Million
New York City The Mayor of Phoenix announced City Hall’s projection that based on the first 4 conventions having canceled and projections over the coming year, just in Phoenix they estimated the loss at $90 million. The Governor of Arizona whined that a boycott was a bad idea, blah, blah, blah, once again taking no …