The Little Corporal!

We are so lucky to have discovered Jessica Raimi. Here is a perfect summer read reprinted by permission!* Beneath the gilded dome of the Invalides in...

Up a Stump, Trump

Donald Trump just offered a lengthy defense of his earlier comments on the overseeing lawsuits against his now defunct Trump University. The presumptive Republican nominee said critics...

Gitlin’s Fakebook inside the Facebook

What to do about a global info-and-disinfo pipeline, and who can do it? BY TODD GITLIN | NOVEMBER 7, 2017 --First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/fakebook-inside-facebook/# The Fakebook Inside Facebook Mark Zuckerberg's...

Going My Way

United CEO Jeff Smisek Steps Down Amid Federal Investigation, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Going My Way? Section correspondent. United Airlines abruptly replaced its CEO as...

FB Stigmatized

Dear Reader (FB ex-friend), As you know, TPV used to have a solid FB presence. We were spreading our alternative news right there on FB with...

Springtime for Sean Spicer in Germany

White House press secretary Sean Spicer tried to use historical data to explain the recent Syrian bombing. And, he failed. In criticizing Syrian President Bashar...

Hillary Comes with Proper Instructions

Hillary Clinton to Show More Humor and Heart, Aides Say, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Good Cheer Section correspondent. And then he fell asleep. Staff members...

Todd Gitlin’s Gibberish in the White House

Gibberish Is the White House’s New Normal  - The bad art of the non sequitur. Once upon a time, there were presidents for whom English seemed...

Gitlin Excoriates the Right-Wing Vortex

First published here - http://billmoyers.com/story/the-loyalists-trump-james-comey/ The right-wing Vortex lines up behind the Supreme Leader as he cheerily proclaims that he's not under investigation: THE LOYALISTS BY TODD...

Trump’s Bowel Movement Is on Twitter

Donald's week has three days: Friday golf, Saturday golf, and Sunday golf. The other days are just a periodical bowel movement in the company...

Time’s Up, Upper, and the Uppest

Eight actresses sick of their spouses, the loved or tolerated significant other, or just "not in a relationship"  brought gender and racial justice activists...

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...

Gitlin on Trump’s War – A Sport and a Pastime

First published http://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/syria-bombs-tv-news.php WAR IS THE BLOOD SPORT of television. Devastation on the ground—someplace the viewer doesn’t live but where other human beings do, and gasp,...
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