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...

Breaking News – TPV Has Just Joined Hillary’s Circle of Friendly Friends. You Should...

For those of you who think TPV does not like Hillary, here's to you, TPV Has Just Joined Hillary's Circle of Friendly Friends. You...

Derivative Works Better!

Derivative is usually the curse of small cultures. George Enescu, the greatest Romanian composer, is rather too Dvorakian in his compositions, so few outside...

Missions Signal a Growing Role for Mormon Women. And Other Minorities

As expected, The New York Times reported on Missions Signal a Growing Role for Mormon Women. Unexpectedly, Marquel, TPVs Times correspondent dug further and discovered...

Old School …New Expectations

Is Your First Grader College Ready? That's what the Times asked today. Marquel didn't know how anybody could answer that. Is there a first...

Mr. Allen’s Flab-o-phobia

Superficially speaking, Mr. Woody Allen’s latest film is more of the same. It is an integral part of his oeuvre. If Whatever Works portrays...

Eugene Ionesco to Join the US Supreme Court

Breaking News from the US Congress: In an unprecedented move, the US Congress has approved TPV's nomination for the US Supreme Court recently opened...

The Day’s Long Journey into Night

Writing my dissertation, I learned that thoughtfulness and restrained judgment differentiate the light-hearted liberal of today from the angrier intellectual I once was. But,...

I Went to a Riot and a Palestinian Peace Rally Broke Out. Or. The...

After the fiasco of last year's Gaza flotilla, in which nine Turkish activists were killed when IDF commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara as it...

On Sandy, ConEdison and New Yorkers

Since Sunday, tropical storm Sandy has proved to be the man in charge in New York City. Sandy’s reign came as ConEdison once again...

American Politics, a Tank, and the International Stage: The Venice Biennale

Yes, I am going to require at least a modicum of research for this piece, which is— above all else— a discussion of the...

I Wanna Be Your Woman. Not

Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Be Careful What You Wish For Section correspondent, was searching for the untold virtues of silence, when he read that The...

Ready to Swallow This, GoldmanSachs?

Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Banking and Depositing Section correspondent, obviously stopped drinking a while ago and given to bouts of boredom read Should We Bank...

Bernie Would rather Dance than Kiss Babies

Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Personal Hygiene Section correspondent was brushing his teeth harder than usual, when he read, Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Kiss Babies. That a Problem?...
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