The Killing Accuracy
After misidentifying the CT Newtown gunman, and leaking to the other media that both his brother and his father were dead or at least...
Detainees at Afghanistan’s largest U.S.-built prison chose to stay in and watch Mad Men...
The U.S. spent $60 million to construct a state of the art prison able to house 2000 Afghani detainees. This is the U.S. Army’s...
Schwarzenegger: Total Freefall?
In the 1993 action movie, Demolition Man, Bruce Willis’s character is thawed (after being cryogenically frozen in 1996) in the year 2023 in future...
Conceding Defeat
The Democrats have no leadership role anymore in American politics. Like much hyped-up bands marketed to seem independent, think The Monkeys or, surprise, surprise,...
TPV Promotes Action for Denmark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrO3TfJc9QwThere are many causes TPV could embrace in its call for fairness. But one of them dwarfs all the others. Denmark is in crisis....
NYT: Taking Up Gay Marriage, but on Their Own Terms
...Court promises to decide in sickness and in health, says "we do."
Live from ThePotholeView: According to Us, Gore Vidal Is Still Having Fun
When you have Gore Vidal's irreverent wit and cosmopolitan nature, you cannot stop having fun. At random, I picked this quote to announce his...
First, You Heard It Here: Romney Just Lost the Presidential Race, Says FoxNews
I was talking to the only Potholeview aficionado and learned about Romney’s vice-presidential pick -- the cute white boy from the cheddar cheese state,...
Bubba Can Still Deliver. But at What Price
Last night, Bubba nominated Obama at the Democratic National Convention. Bubba gave us all a taste of what we would like to, but we...
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...
Why Run for President When You Cannot Rise Above a Lackey?
I thought the president knew that poeple like me- many much younger and better looking- elected him. Alas, he feels indentured not to us...
Made in NYC – TPV Noted. Le Petit Versailles
Think whatever you may of NYC, but don't disregard its imagination. We call hidden wastelands parks, and we give those "parks" fancy names. Such...
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...
Happy Holidays from the White House!
ThePotholeView is happy to announce that its founder received a holiday card from the White House. The card was addressed to the mysterious Ms....

















