Humor Columns

Ripping the Headlines Today, 12/8/15

By Paul Lander, December 8, 2015January 4, 2017

Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is … Read more

The Sleaze, Guilt and Punishment of Don Blankenship

By Jim Hightower, December 8, 2015July 22, 2022

Don Blankenship didn’t get what he deserves in his federal trial, but he definitely deserves what he got. “Guilty,” declared all 12 West Virginia jurors who pondered the … Read more

The Carnival-Barking Jester Who Would Be King

By Will Durst, December 2, 2015March 19, 2019

Donald Trump has single-handedly wrecked rectitude Get out the big black Sharpie and pull down the official Presidential Campaign Manual because its time to redact the rules. Reality … Read more

Building Monopolies, One Merger After Another

By Jim Hightower, December 2, 2015January 18, 2020

Corporate monopolies are experiencing a surge in the urge to merge. Control of market after market — from cable TV to chickens, banking to washing machines — has … Read more

Ripping the Headlines Today, 11/30/15

By Paul Lander, November 30, 2015July 22, 2022

Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is … Read more

Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving Oddities

By Will Durst, November 25, 2015

Paying tribute to the proud perspicacity of plucky pilgrims in a pacific paean to our peculiar propensity for plumpish poultry on Thanksgiving. – Will Durst