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...
Giuliani Out of Presidential Race—Unsure of Lunch Plans
Oct 11 (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday he will not enter the race for the Republican nomination to run...
Gitlin’s Take on George Orwell on Sean Spicer
First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/george-orwell-on-sean-spicer/
George Orwell on Sean Spicer
A note on the uses of stupefaction.
BY TODD GITLIN | JUNE 2, 2017
The Trumps’ nine-day journey outside the...
Obama the Presidential-Image-Cleaner
After making Bush look good, Obama is working on improving Putin's image. Sources close to TPV tell us that Obama has been recruited by...
The Rolling Stone Magazine Reveals the Meaning of the Manning Trial for the Rest...
Here’s the meaning of the Manning trial in Matt Tibbi’s words:
This case is entirely about the "classified" materials Manning had access to, and whether...
Anything Funny about Our Upcoming War on Syria?
Anything funny about our upcoming war on Syria? Plenty.
For instance, the game of it. The UK says no. France says not yet. The UN...
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...
Cover Yourself and Those Things You Love with Solar Panels
The White House has a bet to keep, yeah more important than Net Neutrality: saving some American middle class, because it is disappearing as fast...
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...
In Reply to Yesterday’s Defense of Bill Cosby
Nice, #DN! Glad you took it on. Everyone is always doing EVERYTHING for “the children” and now those refugees, I’m glad someone is looking...
Gitlin’s Bannon
First published - http://billmoyers.com/story/bannon-bounced/.
Bannon Bounced
Chaos is the new normal at the White House.
BY TODD GITLIN | APRIL 6, 2017
Bannon Bounced
Steve Bannon, chief strategist for President...
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...
Sarah’s Sadness
Sarah Palin does not like to read. Otherwise she would have come up with a different qualifier for this president, because whatever you want...
