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The Signalgate Text Thread Continues Mar. 29, 2025
SMALL GROUP RE: TEXT THREAD CONCERNING STRIKE ON HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN Waltz: Hi, team. Creating a... Read More
We All Join the Inner Circle Mar. 28, 2025
Two days ago, I went out to get trash bags because I needed trash bags, a prescription because I nee... Read More
All Human Thought: Pre-AI Addition Mar. 28, 2025
In college, before becoming an English major — and therefore borderline unemployable —I ... Read More
Go Home -- We're Drunk Mar. 21, 2025
An attorney I used to know told me how he figured out when to go home. "When I can't pronounce 'judi... Read More
The Road to Wellness: Paved with Red Lights and Vibration Plates Mar. 08, 2025
I went in for what I call a "shake and bake" recently, cooking like a chicken in a rotisserie under ... Read More
Trump's Right About Seth Meyers Tilting 'Comedy' for Democrats Jan. 15, 2025
If you're a late-night host with an affinity for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, you're... Read More
No Joke: Racist Comedian Took Cues From Trump Oct. 29, 2024
SAN DIEGO — Gracias, court jester. You may have done the country a huge favor by helping defea... Read More
The Mediocrity of Jon Stewart Feb. 27, 2024
Thank you, Mary Trump, for plumbing the shallow waters of Jon Stewart's wit. A psychologist and shar... Read More
We Need a Christopher Hitchens, but We'll Never Find One Dec. 30, 2023
I write this on the 12th anniversary of the death of Christopher Hitchens. He was a writer and speak... Read More
'No Hard Feelings': Jennifer Lawrence Hits the Beach Jun. 23, 2023
The reason that No Hard Feelings — a salty but basically innocuous comedy — is rated R i... Read More
Fake Eyelashes, First-grade Math and Other Problems Nov. 12, 2022
I learned this week that first-grade math is too hard, my joints are falling apart and fake eyelashe... Read More
No Apologies Sep. 21, 2022
Performers censor themselves — fearing they might offend. Those who offend Hollywood lose work... Read More
A New Kind of Comedy Jun. 22, 2022
A woman tells the cop who stopped her in a carpool lane she's allowed to drive there because her pro... Read More
Oh, Ben Turpin, Where Art Thou? Jun. 14, 2022
As summertime approaches and we all get out for some (long overdue) fun in the sun, it's time to get... Read More
Saturday Night Snore Jan. 20, 2022
It wasn't even funny. When I heard that "Saturday Night Live" was finally going after President Joe... Read More
Netflix's 'Defense' of Dave Chappelle Oct. 21, 2021
Many conservatives praised Netflix for "standing up to cancel culture" by defending its decision to ... Read More
Chappelle's Challenge: Conversation, Not Cancellation Oct. 12, 2021
Who makes a more credible ally: the self-important scolds who presume to speak for you, or the true ... Read More
It's Another Round of Everyone's Favorite Game Show: Parenting by the Decades! Sep. 18, 2021
Read this column in its entirety on ChicagoTribune.com.Hello, studio audience, and welcome to a... Read More
Just Before the Shift Jan. 07, 2021
This is that quiet moment right before things shift. It's the slumber party settling in to sleep, wh... Read More
Comedy Is on Display in Chautauqua, New York Dec. 26, 2020
By Fyllis Hockman How many places do you walk into laughing? You can't help it at the National Comed... Read More
