No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

The question nowadays is not what makes government work. The question is how do we make it stop.

One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they guillotined all the smart people in 1793.

One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.

I'm a political conservative.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

There aren't many political humorists. Dave Barry is excellent, but he doesn't do it much.