Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750–1850 (Johns Hopkins […]
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Pope Francis tells jokes
And in The New York Times no less! Here is a taste of Pope Francis’s “There Is Faith in Humor“: Jokes about and told by Jesuits are in a class of their own, comparable maybe only to those about the carabinieri […]
Dave Barry on how the 2024 election season is affecting his community
The humorist is part of a Washington Post forum that asked writers how the election is affecting their communities. Here is Barry’s answer: I don’t know if this is an accurate way to measure the enthusiasm surrounding the election, but: […]
The Author’s Corner with Steven Watts
Steven Watts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri. This interview is based on his new book, Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People (Cambridge University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Citizen Cowboy? […]
Saturday Night Live on George Washington’s dream for America
SNL at its best:
What “really happened” when the 16th-century explorers to America returned to Spain
Here is Saturday Night Live:
Can they impeach Joe Biden for being a “sex symbol”?
Here is Heidi Przybla at Politico: House Oversight Chair James Comer, who is investigating President Joe Biden for what Republicans call potentially impeachable offenses, was given unrestricted access Thursday to a batch of his emails from his time as vice […]
Humor in the classroom
A friend and colleague likes to say that the classroom is the last refuge of the bad comedian. Students, in general, don’t like learning. Learning is pain. Anything that goes on in the classroom that falls under the category of […]
The Americans: so funny
Who are the Americans? There are many serious ways to approach answering this question. But approaching it less seriously may also show us something. Americans are funny people, and not just metaphorically. They value humor and they almost all consider […]
Alan Noble dispels rumors that his new book is about “wokeness”
It’s not an April Fools joke, but it could be. Hilarious:
Break out the Entenmanns and Sanka because we got company!
This was my childhood:
Sweeping government reform hits the state of Arkansas!
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Here on Mutineer’s Island
“Enjoy”:
Meme of the Day
Meme of the day
A little humor for this Tuesday morning:
Have you heard about the new State of the Union sitcom?
It’s brought to you by Trevor Noah and the Daily Show:
Dinesh D’Souza gets to the bottom of Betty White’s death
The television personality Betty White recently passed away at the age of 99. Does conservative conspiracy theorist Dinesh D’Souza expect foul play? This screenshot comes from Princeton’s Kevin Kruse’s Twitter feed: I don’t know what is going on here, but […]