Ethnic Jokes are a Fool’s Game

Ethnic Jokes are a Fool’s Game

If patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels (and it is), then telling other people’s jokes is the last refuge of columnists (who are often mistaken for scoundrels, for some reason). Let me tell you a joke. It’s a terrorist joke that belongs to John...
My Favorite Fourth of July Speech

My Favorite Fourth of July Speech

I like the Fourth of July. Almost everyone does. Friends and neighbors gathered in parks and back yards throughout the nation, sharing food and drink and happy thoughts in a festive atmosphere. What’s not to like? Well the patriotic claptrap, of course. That I...