President Obama’s Talk with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Lindsay Lohan’s Interview with Ellen DeGeneres
This weekend, the world held its breath a second longer as president Obama made a bold move: He called Vladimir Putin to negotiate a final option...
Hillary, the Bettors’ Favorite Horse
Eyes are smiling on #HillaryClinton for now, with a top betting site giving her the best odds to win the 2016 presidential election, at least...
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...
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...
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...
The NSA as Comic Book Javert
Former National Security Agency contractor turned whistle-blower Edward Snowden is about to become a comic book character.
"I found him to be a very fascinating...
The First Comedians
The title does not want to say that there were no comedians before the Clintons, but that they aspire to be the most influential...
Lacking a Father’s Pride to Defend, Finally, Obama’s Ready to Defend the Fake Media
Sacrificing your queen to save the king is nothing really special in chess. And so is to insist that you go to war for...
True Educational Grit
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes True Grit Section correspondent, was grinding his teeth when he read Should Schools Teach Personality? Traits like “grit,” more associated with personality...
David Texting Goliath to Look Down
NYPD helicopters regularly wake me in the middle of the night. Usually they’re looking for someone who accidentally shot a close relative while intending...
Mitt Romney, Regular Guy: And Ready to Prove It
With Mitt Romney the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the battle for undecided voters with Barack Obama has begun, and nothing is more important...
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....
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...
