Market Mindlessness
It is a truism that the stock market is a leading economic indicator—that is, how the market does tells us something about how the...
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...
If only Hillary Could Do It
The picture shows Vanja Hadzovic, a 27-year-old adviser in Serbia’s Foreign Ministry. Like Bill, TPV wished it were Hillary. It ain't. The gorgeous Hadzovic, 27,...
Wasting Money on the War of the Government’s Two Roses
I was looking to write something entertaining and devoid of my usual bitterness against corporate takeover, and I came up with two names: Mitt...
Selfie as in This Is Me!
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013 is “selfie.” It’s an informal noun (plural: selfies) defined as “a photograph that one has...
Net Neutrality for Dummies
Net Neutrality is the new "Occupy Wall Street" short-lived movement of the day: few understand or care about, in part because it has no...
Republicans Declare War on Vaginas -God Plagiarizes Gertrude Stein
In an unprecedented event for the U.S. Congress, the Republican God spoke to Its minions.
Vagina is a vagina is a vagina is a vagina....
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NYTimes: Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations
The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear an Obama administration appeal of a lower court’s ruling that a company could restrict contraception insurance...
Transformers — A Movie Both Democrats and Republicans Try to Emulate
With Condi Rice the most popular among those Mitt Romney, the Republican Presidential Candidate, is reportedly considering as a vice presidential running mate, American...
Hill’s Makeover or Trump’s Combover? That Is a Question
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Combover Section correspondent, was tanning his toes, when he read Donald Trump, Pushing Someone Rich, Offers Himself. Marquel celebrated Trump's entry into...
Revelations
This week’s revelations may not be biblical. Nevertheless, they are entertaining.
Twelve high school girls in upstate New York resolved to engage in neurotic behavior in...
