Unemployment rates, inflation, poverty, exchange rates — all familiar topics for readers who frequent this page. Normally, these are no laughing matter. But cartoonist Grady Klein and stand-up ...

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Art Young, Henry Glintenkamp and their colleagues at “The Masses” were eventually acquitted, but this WWI-era victory for freedom of the press was dampened when the Postal Service shut down the ...

You can’t eat Turkey on Thanksgiving Day without dressing! “Also, can you try to act like you’re helping with the clean up?!” Very convincing. You can’t use the excuse that the smell of turkey puts ...

One of my friends commented, as I was gushing over my Kindle, that one of its drawbacks was that nobody can see what you're reading. How, he wondered, can you impress people on the train with your ...

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Ever wish your daily doomscrolling came with a little more joy and a lot more terrible wordplay? I’ve got you covered. Hi! I’m Lisa from LEFD Designs, an Australian illustrator and graphic designer ...

Intuitively we know humor helps us cope. Trust your instinct on this one, and you’ll be following the science that supports it. Of course, many challenging issues require your attention, but hopefully ...