In the serious business of politics, a little humor can be your best friend. I saw its impact 30 years...
I made a few New Year’s resolutions this week – not for me, but as self-improvement ideas for some of...
OK, Boomer.” That’s a snarky phrase currently some use to mock 60-and-70-year-olds they consider to be cluelessly out-of-touch....
Mike Johnson, bless his heart, says he doesn’t “wanna get too spooky on you,” but it was God who made...
In a song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie noted that, “Some’ll rob with a 6-gun/Some with a fountain pen.” Indeed, the...
“Arkansas Traveler,” is an old-time song of folk humor that tells of a well-heeled dandy who gets lost while travelling...
Vangunu, one of the Solomon Islands, is home to a giant species of rodent called Vika. Astonishingly, this rare and...
Let’s all sing the holiday classic: “All I want for Christmas… Is Something Not Made of Plastic.” Easier sung than...
You wait a month to get a doctor appointment, then you sit in the waiting room an hour because Dr....
What it is about today’s vituperative, foam-at-the-mouth Republican party? No longer disguising their desire to repress women, workers, immigrants, the...

