Calvin Trillin

Verse Columnist

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

Rand Paul Says Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Be a Disservice to Those Receiving Them Rand Paul Says Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Be a Disservice to Those Receiving Them

You don’t know how you’ll ever feed the kids Without the benefits? You’re getting nervous? Well, worry not. You heard what Rand Paul said: A cutoff’s really doing you a service.

Dec 18, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Gloomy Numbers for Holiday Shopping’s Big Weekend—‘New York Times’ Headline Gloomy Numbers for Holiday Shopping’s Big Weekend—‘New York Times’ Headline

Yes, Christmas shopping’s start was weak. And so, as to the malls you start out, Remember that your country calls: Your duty is to shop your heart out.

Dec 4, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Double-Entry Bookkeeping Double-Entry Bookkeeping

u.s. retailers decline to aid factory victims in bangladesh    —Headline in The New York Times Black Friday comes but once a year, And bargains mean that sales are strong. Refusing help to these folks is A bargain lasting all year long.

Nov 26, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Cheney Sisters in Public Feud Over Marriage —‘New York Times’ Headline Cheney Sisters in Public Feud Over Marriage —‘New York Times’ Headline

Yes, Liz and Mary now are fighting. Thanksgiving there should be exciting. On Turkey Day, we may get word On who was first to flip the bird.

Nov 20, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Rand Paul Plagiarism Revealed Rand Paul Plagiarism Revealed

The news that Paul swipes others’ words Has left observers shaken. Could being Libertarian Mean liberties are taken?

Nov 13, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Cruz v. Paul, Paul v. Cruz Cruz v. Paul, Paul v. Cruz

“2 Tea Party Stars’ Rivalry Begins to Simmer”             —Headline in The New York Times It’s Cruz v. Paul and Paul v. Cruz. That’s what The New York Times has heard. If that’s the case, we now can say They’ll nominate a wacko bird.

Nov 6, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Spouse at Goldman Sachs A Spouse at Goldman Sachs

It’s tyranny, says Cruz. He’s fought Obamacare with great endurance. We must repeal—so says this man Who’s covered by his wife’s insurance.

Oct 30, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

JPMorgan Cops a $13 Billion Plea JPMorgan Cops a $13 Billion Plea

They touted securities they knew were trash. The government’s case plainly shows They’re willing to profit from bucket-shop scams, Although they wear much nicer clothes.

Oct 23, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Why Tea Partiers Think They’re Winning Why Tea Partiers Think They’re Winning

The columnists they read all share their views. Talk-radio is where they get their news. They spurn the facts objective pollsters gather. They’re suffering, alas, from Bubble Blather.

Oct 16, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Explaining Ted Cruz’s Behavior Explaining Ted Cruz’s Behavior

Does he have a plan that the others can’t see? Is this man as smart as the devil? Or is he, to put it in carpenter’s terms, A guy who’s a bubble off level?

Oct 9, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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