Facebook Takes over Craig’s List (and Amy’s …)
I have always bought my soap according to TV ads. I continue to buy Dove soap whether my skin gets smoother or rougher because...
De Blasio the Douche
A few posts ago TPV was wondering whether de Blasio is a douche. Then we thought that he endorsed Wu's opponent for NY lt gov because Bubba...
The White House White Board Proved Ineffective in Explaining How Rich Whites and Blacks...
After US Senators, in a bi-partisan move, refused to consider implementing minimum higher taxes for the very rich, the White House stopped scribbling on...
De Blasio Sets Ambitious Goal for Affordable Apartments… to be used as pre K...
The prestigious NY Times reported that De Blasio Sets Ambitious Goal for Affordable Apartments. Marquel investigated their purpose, and learned they are to be...
I Love Giuliani*
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Scoundrel's Last Refuge Section correspondent, was trying to remember if he ever had a mom, or a plunger, when he read...
Jerome Ellis
Jerome Ellis -- here in a photo by Hollis King -- is a composer and performer. He composes concert pieces for piano, live electronic psychedelic...
TPV Ethicist-So Many Demands, So Much to Say
TPV has responded to a request from the editors at The Times for help in making their responses in the Sunday Magazine's 'The Ethicist'...
TheWeekHoleView: Hillary’s Brat Pack Nightmare
At TPV each week starts one day and ends some time after. Here is what fell through the hole during this past week:
On Wednesday,...
Public Hospitals Hope to Attract More Upscale Patients Under Affordable Care Act. Marquel, TPVs...
MetroPlus, a popular plan on New York’s health exchange, is the insurance company of New York City’s public hospital system. It hopes to attract...
mercy
Broken man, your fists, two blue sphinx
curled atop a frayed wool blanket
guarding what wastes beneath.
And still, that ruthless countenance
remembered from childhood…
your brute face
eyeing me...
Turning the other cheek
Steve Schmidt urged Republicans to accept same-sex marriage, “The die is cast on this issue,” said Steve Schmidt, who advised the presidential campaigns of...
