On Lust and Social Dilemmas: To Spit or to Swallow
Dominique Strauss Kahn, the would-have-been French Bill Clinton, was unluckily undone by his carnal lust before the French people had a chance to vote...
Cecil the Lion: A Life Well Lived
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Illogic Section correspondent, was trying to reach his bathroom using a serpentine approach, when he tripped and read that Outcry for...
The Virtues of Rick Santorum
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Home Whating? Section correspondent, was going to sleep when he read that Rick Santorum Joins Republican 2016 Presidential Race.
Marquel heard that Santorum...
The New York Times Approves of the Mayor’s Job Performance
For the last few days, since I glanced at The New York Times headline, “City Voters Approve of Mayor’s Overall Job Performance,” I have...
Welcome to the Race, ADAM NAGOURNEY
ADAM NAGOURNEY is heavy artillery, and his piece, Similarities Aside, Bernie Sanders Isn't Rerunning Howard Dean's 2004 Race proves the Times has to acknowledge...
Where Obama Failed DOE Succeeded: NYC Standardized Tests Have Reached Post-partisanship (AKA, Idiocy)
In light of the 50 banned words by the NYC Department of Education (DOE), Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, for example, would be changed for the...
Warren’s hypothetical IMPERATIVE
Obama Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Absolutely Wrong’ on Trade Deal, because, Marquel read the text, Obama thinks her criticisms are 'hypotheticals.' Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Hypointellectual Black...
Children, Let’s All Go with SYRIZA this Christmas!
It’s Christmas time so, if you follow European politics, it’s Greece time. Greece invented the republic as a form of governing communities, and a...
Inexplicable Daily Events: The Japanese Care. Congress Lunches on Wheat
We may not think that the Japanese are our keepers, but they are, and may the power remain with them.
In 2004, the United States...
Todd Gitlin’s Management of Unleashed Insanity
The Management of Unleashed Insanity
Trump perfects the role of Propagandist-in-Chief.
BY TODD GITLIN | MARCH 16, 2017
The Management of Unleashed Insanity
President Richard Nixon during a...
Who’s Trumping Democracy? The Weakling Democrats
Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chose to continue the failed Clinton strategy of prioritizing wealthy donors over the activist base. In Atlanta, Democrats chose Tom...
Of Gods, Charlie Hebdo and Tasseography
This past week, the satirical French newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, had its Paris office firebombed. Its website and Facebook page were also hacked and remain...
Even If the Death Penalty Seems Humane to You, Please Say No
The death penalty is what keeps us on close terms with the lean Putin and the pudgy North Korean guy. But let's tell the...
