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...
France Takes the Lead in Republicanism
Here, Tim Cook of Apple, who makes billions in annual income and you, who, if you read theptoholeview.com, makes less than $100,000 per year,...
Fontana’s Old Lynching
Now, lynching is not something you write home about. Nor do you want your grandchildren to know about. But, when grandchildren discover the secret,...
Where Obama Failed DOE Succeeded: NYC Standardized Tests Have Reached Post-partisanship (AKA, Idiocy)
In light of the 50 banned words by the NYC Department of Education (DOE), Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, for example, would be changed for the...
Bloomberg from Billionaire Mayor to Billionaire Douchebag
In a last attempt to establish a legacy beyond governing the City when the Plaza Hotel moved hands from Eloise to Arab sheiks, ...
Is Gorka the Next Michael Flinn?
There are Washington resignations that end stories. Then there is the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn's abrupt departure reveals a national...
TheWeekholeView: An Ordinary Mishmash
Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday,...
Inexplicable Daily Events: Endangered Leopards or Stray Dogs? Who Gets Kissed and Who Doesn’t
Don’t pretend to be shocked: TPV has always been a Putin fan. There is no KGB member more endearing than him. He plays hockey....
Need to Get High? Say You Have Sluggish Cog..ni…tive T..E..M..P..O
If TPV could fall in love more often and with more people or corporations at once than it already does, the pharmaceutical industry and...
All President’s Women and Ol’ Times’ Man
Here comes Samantha. Sam, to her husband, Cass Sunstein, an American law professor. Sam covered the Balkan wars and learned that for each crime...
Scary NYPD
I got my feet wet as an attorney in NYC by defending cops in police brutality cases, 42 USC Section 1983. My memories 10...
She Just Won’t Leave. Go Home and Nap, Hill
Barely two months after Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump, of the Apprentice fame (the reality TV show where he screams at...
Facebook and Instagram Make History, and History Makes Them.
Posts about private weapon sales will only be visible to users older than 18, says Facebook and Instagram.
But TPV sees a big problem with...
Glasshole in Kiev (Hollywood, 2014)
FADE IN:CLOSE ON the middle aged woman with braided blond hairA card: Kiev.She’s in her early sixties. Her dress is not very crisp....
