Movie Star Quality at Reality Star Prices
The new ad for Wódka Vodka claims to deliver "Movie Star Quality, Reality Star Pricing." I say Mazel Tov! and move on. But the...
The New York Times Recycles Three Month-Old News. TPV Reacts
Nothing reveals a great journal better than the quality of its breaking news reporting. Or just its reporting. By the same token nothing defines...
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...
Time’s Up, Upper, and the Uppest
Eight actresses sick of their spouses, the loved or tolerated significant other, or just "not in a relationship" brought gender and racial justice activists...
Valerie T May Soon Be Free to Tweet to Her Heart’s Content
The French satirical publication Le Canard Enchaine is not our Onion. Its articles, even when more wishful thinking than factual reports are the result...
Jewish Outreach; It’s Purim Let’s Care. ObamaCare
As always TPV is only the messenger. Here is another email from the White House to us and from TPV to you. A bit...
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...
TheWeekHoleView: The Clockwork Orange on View at the US Supreme Court
At TPV the week starts every seven days, unless something major happens, such as one major fall through the pothole.
On Monday, November 7, the...
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...
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...
Seal up your lips & give no thoughts and mum’s the word
In a history-making decision, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana has signed into law a bill that officially recognizes Bill Clinton as the first Republican...
KYT- Race, Class and the 2016 Presidential Election – Fighting the Clinton Machine
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a writer, public speaker and activist living in Philadelphia. She writes on Black politics, housing inequality and issues of race and...
The Joke of the Super PAC. Much Too Subtle for Some
As far back as I can remember, there has never been a better running political joke than the series of “Super Pac” segments performed...
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...
