This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign
They haven’t only crashed campaign events for Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton—they shot assault weapons with Rick Santorum.
Mar 15, 2016 / Richard Kreitner and Thomas Bollier
More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day
Which is still very far away.
Mar 15, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries
Approval of reform was quite emphatic: Let’s let the voters vote. That’s democratic. But now a question that’s distressing looms: Could we, in fact, prefer those smoke-filled rooms…
Mar 10, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Father’s One Regret Father’s One Regret
Life’s too short to spend wisely.
Mar 1, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Trump’s Dirty Mouth Trump’s Dirty Mouth
“His backers…see his willingness to speak coarsely as yet another refreshing example of his resistance to political correctness.” —The New York Times Trump’s backers think his smut…
Feb 18, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Comedy of Color The Comedy of Color
Laughter alone isn’t confrontation enough for racism, but it does provide some relief.
Feb 12, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent
Villain of the Month Villain of the Month
Martin Shkreli, who raised the price of a life-saving drug 5,500 percent, takes the Fifth before a congressional committee. —News reports Whose smirk enraged us on the telly? Whose…
Feb 11, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess
Even the Russian author’s most sincere explorations tend toward brutal deadpan satire, cartoonish extremes of violence, comically unsexy sex, and flatulence.
Feb 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
