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...
How to Reach the Inner Douche
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Dear Abby Section correspondent, was debating whether he was a douche or a douchebag when he read 15 Ways to Be...
She Just Won’t Leave. Go Home and Nap, Hill
Barely two months after Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump, of the Apprentice fame (the reality TV show where he screams at...
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.
―...
Nixon & Romney
"America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago."
Mitt Romney
"I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get."
Richard...
Coercively … without a thought
Romney has yet to step up as the cases have mounted of Jews posthumously and coercively baptized by Mormons
-- Maureen Dowd,...
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...
Post-RNC Convention Notes – Behind the scenes in Cleveland with TPV
The tents have been folded up, the dancing horses (and elephants) loaded back on the trains, and the circus won't be back in town...
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...
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...
Looking or Fishing for Love?
"If you are looking for love, you need heavy artillery: Ak 57, M46..."
-Migrant Homeless, while resting in the 2nd Avenue Subway Station, NYC, on...
Mayday Mayday: A SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs
From our email inbox to our readers: Here's the exciting news: We all know this democracy is in distress. It's time to send an urgent...
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...
Theater as Life and as … Theater
People like theater that is safe, generally speaking - things that are easy, that are not too deeply troubling. In other words, people want...
