Our Political Conversation
It is a bad time for political conversation if all that the brightest commentators can do is point out trivial non sequiturs. Or, probably...
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...
Inexplicable Daily Events – The Best of Weiner via Borowitz
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—One day after his campaign manager quit, the mayoral candidate Anthony D. Weiner named his penis to the post, telling...
GOP Fun
From Rep. (R) Kevin Yoder’s official site we learned that Kevin is a fifth-generation Kansan who grew up on a grain and livestock farm...
Class and Tawdriness on the Internet. Where’s the News? It Ain’t Cheap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSHj2-UqFIIt was expected to premiere at Cannes, but Abel Ferrara’s “Welcome to New York”, based on the sex scandals and legal battles of French...
Terrible Collateral Damage: Best NYC Belgian Fries
While TPV's world headquarters are only blocks away, TPV refused to spend too many hours watching the fire destroy some posh tenement building.
But when...
The Unbearable Joy of Being O
In a recent editorial, Oprah Winfrey, the first African-American female billionaire, complained about the frustrations of not having time to suck. The Joy of...
Le Blog de Juan-Luc Melenchon: Denied Rumors that Obama Is This French Chavez’s BFF
NY Times confirmed rumors that Mitt and Bibi remain BF4E (best friends forever or as long as the money lasts).
Read more on Juan-Luc Melenchon...
Google’s Cloud, TPV’s Silver Lining
For the last 24 hours, various media outlets discussed the imminent antitrust lawsuit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will initiate against the Internet search...
Mustard. A McDonald’s Worker’s Best Friend
Here is the testimonial of a McDonald's worker:
One day, under pressure to rush at my job at McDonald's, I slipped on a wet floor. I...
Madonna Does Florence
Amazing Madonna kept a very busy schedule in Florence. She performed in the evening, then spent the night with her 24-year-old French boyfriend Brahim...
NYT: Better but Still Troubled: Our Take on the State of the Union
...Bad, no unions.
