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...
He Will Be Missed
TPV would like to say something nice to the departing U.S. President. Thus, we will distribute his message:
My fellow Americans,
It's a long-standing tradition for...
All Four Legs of the American Manufacturing Stool Endorse Obama
There are only four important export industries left in the U.S.: pharmaceuticals, entertainment, aeronautics, and a few computers. Headed by the pharmaceutical industry, they...
American Democratic Politics – Their Finest Soviet Hour
The New York Times writes today that 19,000 internal Democratic Party emails released on Friday by WikiLeaks, set off a frenzy on the eve of...
Trump to Clinton: You’re so Vain and Wrong
Last month, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed that Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric was providing fodder for Islamist terror group ISIS to use in its...
Gitlin Watches What He Tweets When Alone
First published here http://billmoyers.com/story/watch-what-trump-tweets-but-also-what-he-does/.
Watch What He Tweets but Also What He Does
@realDonaldTrump in action
BY TODD GITLIN | JUNE 19, 2017
The Twitter accounts of President Donald Trump, @POTUS and...
Religious Spectatorship: Harold Camping and the Coming of the Apocalypse
There is something appealing about Armageddon. The notion of the end-of-it-all pervades our social consciousness. It is manifest in our books and movies, our...
Kerry Dreaming to Become William Rehnquist. Righteous. As in to the Right.
We always thought that we knew whose bitch Kerry was, and Teresa proved a fine hunter. But Kerry going after Maduro, proves TPV wrong....
God, Save Us from Governor McCrory
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Pardon Me Section correspondent, was trying to give his seat to an injured war veteran, when he had to sit down...
Coded Message
There truly is nothing to joke about the Newtown shootings. No jokes to be made about gun control or media coverage. It is why...
Hey, You! The President Is Talking to You
This was a surprising email - the President of the United States emailed me starting with: Hey, which was very sincere. Why would the...
When Decency Disappears
The Tea Party -- or as we call it here the TeePee – is causing an earthquake of sorts in our society and the...
Gitlin’s Latest Question: Who’s Afraid of Antifa
First published here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/antifa-trump-charlottesville.html
By TODD GITLINAUG. 28, 2017
A counter protester holds a “Antifa” sign at the Boston Free Speech Rally earlier this month.Credit Stephanie Keith/Reuters
During his speech...
Wasting Money on the War of the Government’s Two Roses
I was looking to write something entertaining and devoid of my usual bitterness against corporate takeover, and I came up with two names: Mitt...