In these harsh days of the pandemic and other calamities, it's a tough job being an "intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking," J.P. Devine writes. When She was teaching, one ...

A smart social satire focusing on a comic in the late days of the Soviet Union cracking under the weight of official constraints and self-loathing. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive ...

Host Melissa Block talks to writer Dave Barry about his unpleasant airport experience under the new security system that examines passengers electronically. He was singled out for a pat-down after ...

Bruce McCall, the legendary humorist and longtime contributor to Car and Driver, has died. McCall was equally prolific as an illustrator and as a writer. His work was particularly adept at skewering ...

Investigative humor is a tough racket. Where most humor writers can work from the relative ease of an armchair in the den, the investigative humorist has to venture out into the world, risking life, ...

”He was homely as a mud fence, yet as beautiful as a sunrise over an Oklahoma field of alfalfa. Will Rogers was one of those individuals we could call without embarrassment a great man.” -Carl ...

But once upon a time there was a website that was churning out powerhouse comedy writers by the dozen. In May of 2000, Harvard Lampoon alums Michael Colton and John Aboud launched Modern Humorist, a ...

Humor writer Barry has been churning out comedy for more than 25 years, authoring hundreds of columns and more than 30 books. He won a Pulitzer prize in 1988 (which, for us, is what finally ...

GRAHAM, N.C. — Jeanne Robertson, a well-known humorist and motivational speaker from Graham, died unexpectedly on Saturday, according to her professional Facebook page. Robertson, 77, was struggling ...

ART BUCHWALD, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political satirist, columnist and author of more than 30 books who built deceptively simple spoofs of modern life on foundations of indignation, has died. He ...