There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Of course, it has never paid much.

Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us.

The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.

I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.

Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman

Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.