TheWeekholeView – See Whose Omerta Broke
Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week:
Last Wednesday, January 9, Jimmy Kimmel made an impressive debut in his new...
Female Exceptionalism
The last night’s NBC- Golden Globe’s award ceremony put forward Lorne Michaels’ Golden Girls Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Their mild humor showed that...
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...
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...
On Sandy, ConEdison and New Yorkers
Since Sunday, tropical storm Sandy has proved to be the man in charge in New York City. Sandys reign came as ConEdison once again...
To shoot or to kiss thy neighbor
If you believed that the movie industry was one of our better chances to escape depression, think again. It is the gun industry. Lead...
Dogs and Puppies and the New Media
Today’s news of the moment is “Kathie Lee Gifford Drops A Puppy on Its Head.” Popular new media outlets such as The Huffington Post...
Why We Will Always Stand by Our Banks
Six of the banks the American people saved from bankruptcy with tax payers’ money became the object of some more state-sponsored attention. This time...
It’s The Economy, Stupid!
Finally, my academic position is becoming a run of the mill opinion. In fact, The New York Times made it visible for everybody to...
More Brown matter from the NYPD
Occupy Wall Street is to celebrate its first aniversary, on Monday, with the blessing of the NYPD spokespman, Paul Brown, who said: "We accommodate...
The Virtuosity of Nothingness
Today, The New York Times started its pro-Obama propaganda with a first-page article about how Obama plays to win. I found it boring until...
The Almaviva Republican Party
For some, the Republican Party is the Party of Lincoln. I am mentioning this because back in the time of Lincoln, the Southern Democrats...
The “I Killed Osama” badge. Who wouldn’t want one?
Surely enough, Obama holds that badge.
For now.
But that's just not fair, says "a group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives" (Reuters).
They say...
Syria – Big U.S. Foreign Policy News
Syria has become big news. Days ago, right before his birthday, the U.S. President Barack Obama authorized secret support for the forces opposing the...