The Promise of Public Education in 1822 and 2012
"The liberal appropriations made by the Legislature of Kentucky for a general system of Education cannot be too much applauded. A popular Government, without...
Silver Alert – They Find You & You Find Employment
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Retirement Alternatives Section correspondent, was trying to remember whether he had made lunch plans or not, when he lost all concentration...
Chag Sameach! from the White House and TPV
As TPV was busy cleaning up its cupboards of bread crumbs, we were very pleased to receive the email below from our friend, the...
Donald’s Gut Makes Decisions
Mr. Trump will announce his vice-presidential selection soon, the New York Times informs its readers. Mr Trump's decision will be surprising but not really.
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On Civilized Freedom and Bullshit
That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent...
The Non-Misquote
I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.
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The Best Is Still to Come
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Money, Aside From Hillary, Is The Root Of All Problems Section correspondent was uncomfortably happy because he had just been nominated...
Happy Hanukkah from the White House and TPV
THE WHITE HOUSE
A Real Festival of Lights: Hanukkah at the White House 2014/5775On Wednesday, December 17, the President and Mrs. Obama welcomed...
The Sporting Life
"Everything that has been dreamt on this side of the Atlantic has a chance of being realized on the other. They build the real...
Entrepreneurs in History
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
--Karl Marx
Entrepreneurs...
May Day
May Day, 1886
Resolved by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions the United States and Canada, that eight hours shall constitute legal day's...
Defining Intellectuals
"If by intellectual you mean somebody who works only with his head and not with his hands, then the bank clerk is an intellectual...
Respect and No Respect
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
-Rodney Dangerfield
When people do not respect...
The Unutterable Thoughtfulness of Obama
Making a Point, Obama Invokes a Painful Slur, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Unutterable Utterances Section correspondent, while reading new words in the OED.
Obama...
