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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Donald the Shithole Chief
During a discussion with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House on Thursday, President Trump was heard using language derivative of hole, over...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
