Breaking into the Mind of Ted Cruz
CNN has recently reported that
Ted Cruz is condemning the deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic, but is refusing to blame the attack on the...
On Half Siblings
Jason Zinoman suggests that before criticizing, the critic should divulge her bias: if you don’t like cherries don’t criticize your friend’s mom’s homemade cherry...
The Kids Are Alright. Or Maybe They Aren’t
I own the CD “The Best of Pete Townshend,” and the use of the word ‘best’ in relation to this collection of songs is...
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...
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...
Sanders Ahead of Hillary,Who’s too Blind to See Him
Bernie Sanders is leading Hillary in various polls, but Hillary is too blind to notice it.
Hillary cannot concentrate on more than one issue a...
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...
Not Guilty until Something or Other
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Monkey Trial Section correspondent, was playing hopscotch while pretending to listen to Mufi, when he stopped in the middle of a...
Gitlin’s HISTORY: Summer of Love and Rage
First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/summer-of-love-and-rage/
HISTORY: Summer of Love and Rage
If you were in the ghettoes of Newark, Detroit or scores of other cities that summer, you...
The WeekholeView: The First 2014 Follies
Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday,...
Santorum’s Time Traveling Tales
A few weeks back, I said that Obama did not have what it took to be my candidate, but do I have a choice?...
Do Stupid Stuff, Lady. You’re Funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNnK14TkkWY
The tragedy with us, North Americans united in 50 states, is that we are a profoundly anti-intellectual nation. We do not read. We do...
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...
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...
















