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By Edward Stanton 19 September 2016 It’s been almost sixty years since William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick’s The Ugly American rose to the top of bestseller lists, ran through twenty printings and stunned both the reading public and the foreign policy co... More »
Greetings, Vlad! I know that we’ve never actually met person to person, though I feel we really have so much in common that I’ve given you a personal nickname. I was told that I can’t use the Latin alphabet in writing to you in Russian or use capital let... More »
To become a candidate for President of the United States, a person doesn’t need his or her high school transcript, college degree, record of public service, character references or an employment resume. Even a driver’s license isn’t necessary. The only... More »
By W.T. Fallon 25 August 2016 NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced at a press conference today that he plans to replace the Affordable Care Act with his own health care plan, Trump Care, if elected. “I promised to make Am... More »
By Rick Blum 24 July 2016 In an unexpectedly raucous press conference this afternoon, the American Contract Bridge Council announced that it has modified the terminology used in this trick-taking, card game, which dates back to at least 1886 when John Collinso... More »
By James C. Coomer 13 July 2016 Donald Trump’s Acceptance Speech to Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 2016 Thank you, thank you. It has been a long campaign. I have traveled the length and breadth of this country, at my own expense be... More »
By Robert Friedman 30 May 2016 Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President, today announced that he has selected his own ego as his running mate. “I gave this a lot of thought,” Trump told reporters at a campaign event at Trump Tower. “I’m a b... More »
The Wall a novel by Nathan Wisft Reviewed by Paul Zakaras 23 May 2016 “Nightmare land down there, ol’ buddy,” a character in Nathan Wisft’s sci-fi novel, The Wall, tells his lover. “Power going off, sewers bubbling up, and that bad chicken’s giving... More »
By Lew Tucker 18 May 2016 NEW YORK – In a recent “make-up nice” interview with Megyn Kelly Donald Trump observed of Digong, the current presumptive President-elect of the Philippines, “I mean you’ve got to admire a man who can publicly say, ‘Po... More »
trump: noun; deceit, fraud, trickery; of no value; rubbish; nonsense. The Second Edition of Webster’s New International Edition of the English Language: Unabridged appeared in 1934; contained more than 300,000 entries, and took decades to assemble. Now a... More »
Henry Greenspan 14 April 2016 In an unprecedented move, at least since the war of 1812, the new Liberal government of Canada has decided to close its entire border with the United States. No American will be allowed to enter–whether as a potential immigr... More »
By Martin H. Levinson Anderson Cooper sticks a mic in front of my face on Central Park South in New York City, cues the camera, asks “Why are you voting for Donald Trump?” as if he cares about what a nobody from from Bensonhurst Brooklyn really thi... More »