It is a cliche, and it is also true, that humor springs from existential pain - from a need to blunt the awareness that life is essentially a fatal disease of unpredictable symptoms and unknown duration.

I think Hillary Clinton will make a fine president, and (most important) I am comfortable with her making gigantic, momentous decisions.

My neighborhood is fairly white, yet the local middle school is all black. It is bad. It is very bad.

The horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting.

One thing I am learning from the kitten is that everything he is doing seems to be in preparation for murder.

It is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.

It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.