Polishing the Diamonds Story

Another follow-up to blood diamonds : The New York Times offers Hollywood’s Multifaceted Cause du Jour , Marc Santora’s look at Hollywood’s engagement in the...

Blood Diamonds

Four years ago, I didn’t know anything about diamonds. Then I posted one ill-tempered rant about how annoying and even offensive I found the advertising for the...

diamonds are for never

So, we all know that diamonds are intrinsically worthless stones whose popularity and value are a recent creation, the result of a concerted marketing efffort...

bloody diamonds

Given what we know about the criminality of many of those involved in the worldwide diamond market, can we start throwing red paint on people wearing diamonds?...