The art of social satire is a tough one, but a great humorist's keen observations, witticisms, and turns of phrase continue to ring true even decades later. "Humor is something that thrives between ...

In a generally thin time for fiction one of the most refreshing recent developments has been a vigorous new growth of satiric talent. It comes from a promising, if often provoking new group of U.S.

LONDON (AP) — Mary Poppins supports the EU, but Basil Fawlty is backing Brexit. The practically perfect nanny and the bad-tempered hotelier may be fictional, but they have been dragged in to Britain’s ...

“HUMOR can be dissected, as a frog can,” E. B. White once warned, “but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.” Until recently, many ...

In the 1940s, long before the unlovely abbreviations LOL and ROTFL became standard usage, the great film critic James Agee broke the four main kinds of laughter inspired by silent-film comedians into ...

LONDON – Mary Poppins supports the EU, but Basil Fawlty is backing Brexit. The practically perfect nanny and the bad-tempered hotelier may be fictional, but they have been dragged in to Britain's EU ...