"Let's start the foodie backlash," cries Steven Poole in The Guardian. Way ahead of you, son.

Among businesses, the initial reaction to the concept of Groupon was: "Give our shit away for half price? Well, it's good advertising." But now, that reaction is changing to: "Give our shit away for half price? Ehhh."

The only thing the denizens of Portland, Oregon love more than homebrew kombucha is a good backlash. What the Times calls the city's "new provincialist" ethos is a backlash against America's Walmartification. But here comes the backlash against the backlash!

Goldman Sachs earned $3.5 billion in profits last quarter. Also, it earned a huge fucking target on its back.