John and a Chesterfield Ad
It was Christbus time but Randolph was alone ‘I can’t understand this being so aloneley on the one day of the year when...
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...
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...
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 Talents and Their Lack
“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.”
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy,...
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...
In Tandem
“Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.”
? Mort Sahl
"The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
