Humor

The Simpsons Hit 400 The Simpsons Hit 400

Over eighteen seasons and three presidential eras, The Simpsons has paid badly animated homage to all that sucks in America.

May 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

On Three Out of the Ten Republican Presidential Candidates Stating That They Don’t Believe in Evolution On Three Out of the Ten Republican Presidential Candidates Stating That They Don’t Believe in Evolution

The Big Bang is something else entirely.

May 10, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker

Sinking Tenet's "slam dunk."

May 2, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad

Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.

Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz

Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.

Apr 19, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Tangled in Table Talk Tangled in Table Talk

Candidates are eager to "keep all options on the table," but where's the table?

Apr 17, 2007 / Feature / Eric Kenning

On John McCain’s Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified On John McCain’s Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified

McCain bought himself trouble in his visit to Baghdad.

Apr 12, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Katrina vs. Colbert Katrina vs. Colbert

Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.

Apr 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Colbert

On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising

As a candidate, Mitt is now legit.

Apr 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth

The truth gets whacked on Fredo's watch.

Mar 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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