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NO COLLUSION?
Sunday, March 31, 2019 (486 reads)
No collusion? And what about obstruction?
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SHUT IT DOWN!
Sunday, December 30, 2018 (973 reads)
We're shutting down the government
Said Trump it makes me proud.
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IT'S OVER
Friday, October 12, 2018 (1265 reads)
Kavanaugh's appointed -- was there ever any doubt?
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WHAT A WEEK!
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 (1338 reads)
An incredible week, even by Trump's standard.
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BEYOND SATIRE
Sunday, July 01, 2018 (1653 reads)
Satirizing Trump grows more difficult every day.
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BOLTON
Monday, April 02, 2018 (1887 reads)
OH NO! NOT BOLTON!
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GUNS GALORE
Sunday, March 04, 2018 (2003 reads)
Is the mass murder of children a fit subject for satire?
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A THOUSAND LIES
Friday, February 09, 2018 (2103 reads)
Already they're claiming he's told a thousand lies.
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SHITHOLERY
Sunday, January 21, 2018 (2132 reads)
Suddenly the word is everywhere.
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STABLE GENIUS
Monday, January 08, 2018 (2537 reads)
It's official: Trump is a stable genius!
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TAX DEFORM
Monday, December 25, 2017 (2624 reads)
What this country needs -- tax cuts for the rich.
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ALABAMA!
Sunday, December 17, 2017 (2467 reads)
It really happened in Alabama!
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GROPINGS
Friday, November 24, 2017 (2439 reads)
Sex and politics, again.
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TWO COUPS
Sunday, November 19, 2017 (2427 reads)
Upheaval in Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe.
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EVEN-HANDED?
Friday, August 18, 2017 (3163 reads)
Here's the new, unbiased, fact-driven Trump.
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Weak!
Saturday, August 05, 2017 (3040 reads)
Call him anything -- but don't say he's weak!
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I LOVE IT
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (3021 reads)
Donald Trump II said he loved it.
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GROVEL
Sunday, June 18, 2017 (3223 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 (3346 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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GROSSER THAN TRUMP?
Friday, June 02, 2017 (3435 reads)
What happened when a comedienne tried to be grosser than Donald Trump.
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HE LOVES THOSE SAUDIS
Monday, May 29, 2017 (3355 reads)
For all his repeated denunciations of Islam, Trump's first presidential trip abroad was to Saudi Arabia.
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FOREIGN FRIENDS OF TRUMP
Saturday, May 06, 2017 (3493 reads)
High on the list of friends of Trump are the Philippine's Duterte and Turkey's Erdogan.
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TRUMP ON TRUTH
Saturday, March 25, 2017 (4288 reads)
Does Trump really understand the difference between fact and fantasy?
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CRAZY?
Monday, February 27, 2017 (4618 reads)
Should we call Trump crazy?
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INCREDIBLE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 (5249 reads)
He's tremendous and incredible, what else can I say
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THE TRUMP-PUTIN ROMANCE
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 (4665 reads)
Satirists pounced in the charge that Putin ordered the Democratic Party hacking.
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CASTRO AND THE CIA
Tuesday, December 06, 2016 (5182 reads)
The CIA's efforts to kill Fidel Castro read like fake news
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FAKE
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 (4918 reads)
Lately "fake news" has been in the news.
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HOW? AND WHAT NOW?
Saturday, November 19, 2016 (5478 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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SHOULD WE TONE DOWN THE SATIRE? 1-18-2011
Friday, February 04, 2011 (21541 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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