Green Party candidate Jill Stein as a stand-up comic: Watching Romney and Lesser Evil go at it, you know damn-well that they both intend to spend half of their money on F-16s and Apache helicopters.read more

“The media was supposed to be the watchdog for the regular folks, and now comedians have to be the watchdog of the media,” says the creator of The Daily Show.read more

Before the Oscars, check out these political awards. Best Choreography: Grover Norquist. Best Direction: The Koch Brothers.read more

So the Justice Department is going to investigate the Justice Department's seizure of reporters' phone records. Expect the Justice Department to find nothing went wrong.read more

Okay. Other stuff might have had a bigger impact on America and the world, such as an African American guy whose middle name is Hussein winning the Presidency of the United States.read more

(In memory of George Carlin.)

It’s July 4th again, a day of near-compulsory flag-waving and nation-worshipping. Count me out.

Spare me the puerile parades.

Don’t play that martial music, white boy.

And don’t befoul nature’s sky with your F-16s.

You see, I don’t believe in patriotism.

It’s not that I’m anti-American, but I am anti-patriotic.read more