What Riot? What Riot?
Mike Pence stood up to Donald Trump’s tirade. He certified the vote. He was unflinching. He now implies that day’s been overblown, Though he’s the one the mob had talked of lynchin…
Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Surprise for Arizona Senators Surprise for Arizona Senators
Though they hired the firm Cyber Ninjas Just to show that Trump votes did surmount Those of Biden, it found the reverse. But who knew that a ninja can count?…
Oct 3, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates
Republicans say don’t comply When government tries to deny The freedom you’ve got To not take the shot, No matter how many folks die.
Sep 21, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Animal Dewormer as Covid Preventative Animal Dewormer as Covid Preventative
Joe Maga heard the anti-vaxxers say Dewormer, not the vaccine, kills those germs. Joe Maga died of Covid. Joe is gone. His body, though, remains quite free of worms.
Sep 7, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Transformation of Afghanistan The Transformation of Afghanistan
Fanatics terrorized the Afghan people. For twenty years we fought there in a war. So what’s it going to be like when we’ve finished? Well, pretty much just like it was before.
Aug 24, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Unintended Consequences Unintended Consequences
Republicans object to masks While going about their daily tasks. To rule that folks must vaccinate, They say, makes this a Nazi state. The surges now are all located Among those pr…
Aug 10, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Milley Earns His Stars Milley Earns His Stars
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff prepared to thwart any coup attempt by Trump.—As reported by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker in I Alone Can Fix It A presidential coup! Di…
Jul 27, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem
Guns don’t kill people... I guess?
Jul 14, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight
So Kim Jong Un is looking rather svelte. He’s lost at least four notches on his belt. Has illness or a diet made him trim? Have shortages of food reached even Kim? Not yet. But if…
Jul 13, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Aliens Are Coming to Help The Aliens Are Coming to Help
Liberals will try to create a scandal out of even the smallest space invasion.
Jun 29, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow