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GUNS GALORE
Sunday, March 04, 2018 (760 reads)
Is the mass murder of children a fit subject for satire?
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TAX DEFORM
Monday, December 25, 2017 (1094 reads)
What this country needs -- tax cuts for the rich.
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ALABAMA!
Sunday, December 17, 2017 (1057 reads)
It really happened in Alabama!
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TWO COUPS
Sunday, November 19, 2017 (1116 reads)
Upheaval in Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe.
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EVEN-HANDED?
Friday, August 18, 2017 (1538 reads)
Here's the new, unbiased, fact-driven Trump.
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Weak!
Saturday, August 05, 2017 (1708 reads)
Call him anything -- but don't say he's weak!
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GROVEL
Sunday, June 18, 2017 (1761 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 (1884 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 (2045 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 (2808 reads)
Does Trump really understand the difference between fact and fantasy?
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CRAZY?
Monday, February 27, 2017 (3062 reads)
Should we call Trump crazy?
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INCREDIBLE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 (3705 reads)
He's tremendous and incredible, what else can I say
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FAKE
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 (3443 reads)
Lately "fake news" has been in the news.
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HOW? AND WHAT NOW?
Saturday, November 19, 2016 (3651 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 (4094 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 (4695 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 (5042 reads)
What if Britain really leaves the EU?
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SUPREME DEADLOCK
Thursday, February 18, 2016 (4600 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 (5244 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 (5411 reads)
The Democratic and Republican polls are shifting again
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SHOULD WE TONE DOWN THE SATIRE? 1-18-2011
Friday, February 04, 2011 (19878 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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