To shoot or to kiss thy neighbor
If you believed that the movie industry was one of our better chances to escape depression, think again. It is the gun industry. Lead...
Hillary’s Back and She Does Not Mean Well
Hillary is sick and old. But she means war, and warriors are welcome: the military establishment wants them, and gladiators is all we are...
Why Is GOP So Worried When Any Dick Would Do?
North Carolina’s Republican primary campaign to choose the party’s candidate for the Fall U.S. Senate election has become the epitome of American politics.
The Republicans...
Obama Has Become What He Thinks and It Ain’t Pretty
I did not think I would have to come out against a particular presidential candidate. But it just happened. As the founder of Buddhism, Prince...
To Tax or Not to Tax My Friends. That’s Hillary’s Question
There is one way TPV could support a Hillary candidacy for the US Presidency. Taxes. If she fights for increasing taxes on the rich,...
TheWeekholeView: The Free World Surprises
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EKeMul91VIHere, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday, November...
Mike Konczal Has Not Heard of Karl Marx. Picketty Has. They Used to Be...
Mike Konczal recently reviewed the newest trendy book in economics, Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, for the Boston Review. Konczal succeeded the impossible task...
All I Want for Christmas Is… a Revolution
It’s Christmas time and nothing would stave off the cold and unemployment better than a revolution. Lenin gave history one of its most famous...
Inexplicable Daily Events: Waking up Hibernating Bears Should Require a Permit
When TPV thought the Cold War was over, look who's on TV! The Americans. A made-for-TV drama about Soviet spies in the United States....
How to Win Big in Poker – Smile
TPV loves Kanye because Kanye is in love. His love object? Plastic. But that's besides the point. What is really immense is Kanye's love....
Breaking News: Sweden – the Best US Ally in the War against Free Speech
Henning Mankell, the acclaimed Swedish mystery writer, is rumored to be resurrecting his Kurt Wallander series with the new installment: Sweden One Step Ahead...
Tragicomedy à la Federico Fellini
The United States of America is tired of being the world’s Cesar. To make sure that it can retire, even if no one steps...
TheWeekholeView: Peaking through Peking’s Hole
Usually TPV weeks start and end on a schedule foretold. Waiting for them with anticipated delay, here is what fell through the hole this past...
