As one who writes for a living, I have known and often been good friends with other writers, some of them famous, but none of them, I am pleased to say, bear any resemblance to Hank Moody. He is the ...

What exactly does Thanksgiving mean? For most Americans, it means spending the fourth Thursday in November hanging out with family, eating a lot of food, and watching football — maybe the parade and ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

“Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful,” the irrepressible American newspaper columnist Molly Ivins once said. “When satire is aimed at ...

Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s production of “The Thanksgiving Play” brings sharp humor to questions of representation and ...

Anna is a dark-skinned girl from Compton who is trying to make it in the music television industry during the late ’80s. Despite having the talent and credentials to succeed in her field, her career ...

I have read and sent letters to the editor of The Herald for years. I’m just amazed that some of the letters that used to be on a serious topic are now included about cartoons being mean!