We Ain’t Family
John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Speakers, Red Blooded, Non Bluetooth Section correspondent.
The move reduced the chance of...
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...
The next president of Syria – email from a TPV reader
What I heard is Obama told McCain they were looking for a President and had great respect for old people.
We know from his...
The C.I.A. Chronicle of a Putsch Foretold – Maduro’s
President Maduro of Venezuela just offered Edward Snowden asylum in Venezuela, risking the Heinz empress and her husband, the US Secretary of State,...
Dallas, D.C.
October 3, 2013. Attempted breach at White House. Stop. Capitol was in lockdown after shots fired. Stop. Pennsylvania Avenue closed. Stop. Secret Service engaged...
Pope Francis, Could You Be a Rock Star?
We live in the greatest crisis of our lifetime, but we do not care because the obscenely rich take care of our souls. ...
De Gustibus
America’s future is becoming Amy Winehouse’s. SNL’s Seth Meyers would probably say, “Really?”. Really.
With one caveat. We are not interested in leaving any mourners...
The Trouble with Chris
"Bad manners hide a big, true heart". Most of the people from New Jersey State seem to keep this belief close to their chest;...
Giuliani Out of Presidential Race—Unsure of Lunch Plans
Oct 11 (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday he will not enter the race for the Republican nomination to run...
Don’t Know Much About History: Lessons in Presidential (and would-be presidential) Situational Ethics, Plus...
To paraphrase the eminent Ms. Palin (ignoring for the moment that most of the time she sounds as if she's having difficulty paraphrasing herself),...
Views of Our Pothole Democracy
People like me learned about the existence of former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) in 2007, when Jon Stewart told the story of the...
Thought Experiment: What if a Romney Ad Came Up While You Were Watching Pornography?
I do not own a television set, and I haven't for years. The whole concept seems inane to me, since to own a functioning...
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...
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...
