Posts under ‘humor’
Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Philosopher
On his way to fame and self-destruction, Pryor became the funniest man in America by creating a new kind of comedy—a hilarious, heartbreaking, and conflicted view of life seen from the underside. He was conscious of his minority status but refused to take the route of special pleading. His vocabulary was down and dirty, but his work had a surprising elegance.
Obama's Top Supreme Court Pick
President Obama says the ideal replacement for Justice Souter should have “a sharp and independent mind” and, of course, “empathy.” Could White House counsel Greg Craig be researching feverishly whether a President can serve in two branches of the federal government at the same time?
Obama Reaches Out to 'Moderate' Pirate Community
After maintaining his silence for two days, President Obama will soon make his first public statement about the pirate attack upon an U.S.-flagged vessel off the Horn of Africa. After several inquiries and a few well-placed bribes, Exurban League has received an early transcript of the President’s remarks:
Good evening. As you know, early yesterday, Somali-based [...]
Radical Social Security Reform?
Democrats’ unpublicized plans for aging baby-boomers, perhaps?
