Adam Chandler

An enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny. "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." This phrase, arguably Thomas Edison's most famous quote, has been drilled into the minds of generations of Americans. A fairly straightforward iteration of the idea that innovation, discovery, and ingenuity are the...

Most any honest person, no matter how refined the palate or how anointed the social status, can own up to harbouring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. One item against which their resistance is useless and their fealty is set. We tend to think of fast food as corporate and impersonal. And for good reason. But, in unexpected ways, fast...