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GUNS GALORE
Sunday, March 04, 2018 (381 reads)
Is the mass murder of children a fit subject for satire?
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TAX DEFORM
Monday, December 25, 2017 (677 reads)
What this country needs -- tax cuts for the rich.
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TWO COUPS
Sunday, November 19, 2017 (726 reads)
Upheaval in Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe.
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EVEN-HANDED?
Friday, August 18, 2017 (1167 reads)
Here's the new, unbiased, fact-driven Trump.
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Weak!
Saturday, August 05, 2017 (1335 reads)
Call him anything -- but don't say he's weak!
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GROVEL
Sunday, June 18, 2017 (1390 reads)
Trump convened a Cabinet meeting that turned into an extraordinary exhibition of groveling.
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THERESA MAY (NOT)
Sunday, June 11, 2017 (1499 reads)
Theresa May's embarrassment is a further illustration of the fact that the British, too, are making a mess of their politics.
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HE LOVES THOSE SAUDIS
Monday, May 29, 2017 (1626 reads)
For all his repeated denunciations of Islam, Trump's first presidential trip abroad was to Saudi Arabia.
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TRUMP ON TRUTH
Saturday, March 25, 2017 (2383 reads)
Does Trump really understand the difference between fact and fantasy?
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CRAZY?
Monday, February 27, 2017 (2643 reads)
Should we call Trump crazy?
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INCREDIBLE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 (3266 reads)
He's tremendous and incredible, what else can I say
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FAKE
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 (3018 reads)
Lately "fake news" has been in the news.
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HOW? AND WHAT NOW?
Saturday, November 19, 2016 (3220 reads)
I just don't understand it, I gave it lots of thought
The pollsters were predicting everything that I had sought.
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BREXIT: NOW WHAT?
Saturday, June 25, 2016 (3686 reads)
David Cameron in politics was thought to be a master
And yet he took a gamble that resulted in disaster.
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TRUMP: THE SAGA CONTINUES
Saturday, March 05, 2016 (4259 reads)
The more he seems offensive and outrageous and absurd
The more Trump by his followers is eagerly preferred.
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BREXIT?
Monday, February 29, 2016 (4573 reads)
What if Britain really leaves the EU?
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SUPREME DEADLOCK
Thursday, February 18, 2016 (4186 reads)
So now, like the rest of the American system, the Supreme Court is deadlocked.
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DEMOCRATS' DEBATE 2
Sunday, November 22, 2015 (4799 reads)
Hilary tried to relate everything to terrorism, Bernie to the tenth of one per cent.
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WHO'S AHEAD?
Saturday, October 31, 2015 (5016 reads)
The Democratic and Republican polls are shifting again
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(HEART)BREAKING NEWS
Thursday, October 08, 2015 (5546 reads)
An update, in case you missed the mostly dreadful news of the last week or so.
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DEBACLE AT VW
Monday, October 05, 2015 (5042 reads)
Volkswagen has been roundly mocked for fixing its pollution testing.
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CHINA CHECKED
Monday, September 07, 2015 (5372 reads)
Slower growth in China led to stock market declines and an eruption of gallows humor.
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BERNIE
Sunday, August 30, 2015 (5639 reads)
Huge crowds cheer -- but not for Trump.
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NOT MORE TRUMP!!!
Saturday, August 15, 2015 (5906 reads)
I thought my blog on Trump last month would be my last on that ridiculous subject. No such luck.
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SHOULD WE TONE DOWN THE SATIRE? 1-18-2011
Friday, February 04, 2011 (19392 reads)
SHOULD WE TONE DOWN THE SATIRE? 1-18-2011
The Arizona shooting has added more and more voices to the demand to restore civility to political discourse. Over and over we hear the demand to stop the vitriolic exchange of insults driven by mutual hostility.
What does this mean for political satire? By definition, satire is hostile and offensive. Even Art Buchwald, whose satire was relatively mellow and genial, said “Satire is malicious”. Holding people up to ridicule is not a friendly act. It doesn’t seem consistent with the proposal to lower the temperature of political discourse. So should satirists now blunt the edge of their wit when commenting on political issues and leaders?
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