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Decisions, Decisions: The Culture and Psychology of Choice

Sandip Roy, New America Media. December 27, 2010.

In a country as diverse as America, does choice mean the same thing for everyone? A chat with Sheena Iyengar, author of the book The Art of Choosing.

The Commercial Super Bowl: Voyeuristic Horndogs, Hot Babes, Flatulent Slackers, and God's Quarterback Star in the Big Game

Robert Lipsyte, TomDispatch.com. February 6, 2010.

Whatever happens, the Tim Tebow controversy has put the game’s spotlight back where it belongs -- on the advertising.

Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. December 11, 2009.

A psychologist asks: Have consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?

Michael Jackson's Funeral is American Culture's Latest Hollow Spectacle

David Michael Green, July 15, 2009.

Michael Jackson personified the lack of seriousness that has become to this culture what water is to fish.

America: Exceptional No More?

Andy Zelleke, Christian Science Monitor. October 18, 2007.

Torture, a shocking wealth gap, political dynasties – yet we still think of ourselves as the shining light on the hill.