About Matt Schwartz

SamSchwartz

make every day an average day

Location:

Philadelphia, PA (19147, USA)

Joined on:

11/29/06

Occupation:

writer

Contact:

thecolor12@gmail.com

• Politics

  2 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: to Shadowy Organizations, the World Economic Forum

  Davos makes an Ivy League board of trustees meeting look like a beef-and-beer at your local VFW. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  011: Get Lost - Jun 16 2008

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• Politics

  3 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: to Shadowy Organizations, the Bilderberg Group

  The Bilderberg Group has no website, no publicity, no leaks, secret meeting locations, and secret minutes with no names recorded. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  011: Get Lost - Jun 16 2008

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• Culture

  3 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: to Shadowy Organizations, the Bohemian Grove

  The Bohemian Grove provides its community of corporate and political titans an opportunity to sing around the campfire and piss in the woods. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  011: Get Lost - Jun 16 2008

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• Education

  2 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: to Shadowy Organizations, the Order of Skull and Bones

  Perhaps the oldest of old-boy networks, Bones's rolls boast three presidents and dozens of other movers and shakers in politics and business. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  011: Get Lost - Jun 16 2008

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• Politics

  2 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: to Shadowy Organizations, the Trilateral Commission

  Originally the commission believed it could plot out the blueprint for a peaceful "international system" where no single country vied for supremacy. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  011: Get Lost - Jun 16 2008

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• Culture

  4 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: to the Shadowy Organizations That Rule the World

  Freemasons, Bilderberg, Skull and Bones—what do they actually do? Matt Schwartz peels back the curtains of the world's top secret societies. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  011: Get Lost - Jun 16 2008

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• Politics

  5 votes

  

  Remember Tibet?

  Samdhong Rinpoche, the Tibetan prime minister, discusses freedom, resistance, and China. Interview by Matt Schwartz. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  010: The China Issue - Mar 22 2008

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• Politics

  2 votes

  

  Truth Police

  As the race for the White House heats up, Brooks Jackson and FactCheck.org untwist political tongues. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz and Greg Miller

  009: All You Can Eat - Feb 03 2008

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• 3 votes

  Mobility

  Engines of Progress

  We look at the eight biggest players in the U.S. auto market to find out who is doing the most for the planet.

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  Contributors: Matt Schwartz
  008: Big Ideas! - December 3, 2007

• Technology

  5 votes

  

  You’ve Got Mail!

  Sam Schwartz hitches a ride on a government mule to traverse the United States Postal Service’s most dangerous route. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz and Trujillo-Paumier

  007: High Tech/Low Tech - Oct 01 2007

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• Business & Money

  4 votes

  

  Swoosh-O-Nomics

  A look at how Nike became the company it is, and what keeps it running — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz and James Blagden

  004: Plan B - Apr 05 2007

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• Buying

  7 votes

  

  You Are What You Read

  Some product labels are loosely regulated at best, and others are downright misleading. Here’s the skinny on the standards, who sets them, and how. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz and Matt Schwartz

  003: Media Issue - Feb 15 2007

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• Art & Design

  10 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: Culture Jamming, The Street Artists (sec. 3 of 7)

  Sometimes "street artists" are fine artists gone wild, having fled the confines of the gallery to apply their work directly on the urban landscape. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz and Serifcan Ozcan

  002: Change Is Good - Dec 13 2006

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• Culture

  6 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: Culture Jamming, The Politurgists (sec. 4 of 7)

  Using the principles of theater (usually comedic) to mess with the news. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  002: Change Is Good - Dec 12 2006

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• Culture

  3 votes

  

  GOOD Guide: Culture Jamming, The Mob (sec. 5 of 7)

  As long as there have been streets and crowds, there have been occasional angry mobs, waving torches and bellowing demands. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  002: Change Is Good - Dec 12 2006

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• Culture

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  GOOD Guide: Culture Jamming, The Consumer Mutineers (sec. 6 of 7)

  Those who play with or otherwise alter commercial space. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz, Paul French, and Paul French

  002: Change Is Good - Dec 12 2006

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• Culture

  1 vote

  

  GOOD Guide: Culture Jamming, The Hacktivists (sec. 7 of 7)

  Rebellion can even be found in virtual space, without ever leaving one’s bedroom. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz

  002: Change Is Good - Dec 12 2006

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• Buying

  11 votes

  

  Getting Gas

  A guide to picking the right pump. — read more

  Contributors: Matt Schwartz and Phil Lubliner

  002: Change Is Good - Dec 11 2006

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