I have had over the years (48 of them) a lot of time to review and participate in many different styles of humor and have studied their various effects on the human psyche. I will convey many of my observations, thoughts and ramblings where humor is involved. Over the next few months I ...

Fun with the Home Defibrillator / Aug 2006 Moron Of The Month Award This month's winner is a very special product. It's the Home Defibrillator. In case you don't know what a defibrillator is, it's one of those things they use to shock someone when their heart has stopped. Now when Billy ...

Want to be grateful for modern medicine, despite the way it can wreck the health of your wallet All you have to do is read about President Garfields medical care circa 1880 when he was shot by an assassin. The tale of woe came to our attention as the result of a new exhibit at the Natio ...

Once in a while, theres a proliferation of new books about the junction or disjunction of science and religion. Here are seven new ones by people with distinguished scientific credentials but constrained capacities in the philosophy of religion. So weve added an eighth which, to us, is t ...

(Extended spoof, presented In 10 installments of 4 pages each. This is the ninth installment; previous ones are presented on this site or at www.newslaugh.com below each new installment, in case you miss one or more.) I mean, I like you too much to go on. You like me Yeah, a lot, he ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made his first visit to Washington, where he met with President Bush, who noted that, despite the Prime Ministers efforts to shave every day, he has a persistently dark and generally unelectable stubble. Mr. Maliki admitted the difficulty and agreed ...

Muslim women, condemned to wear, even when sandy temps soar, clothes that curiously resemble what nuns usually wore before they lightened up their outfits, are rumored to be preparing a rebellion that is scheduled for a date that is being kept under wraps until it breaks out, to the horr ...

Talking about dying for dumbbells. Here we have Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, admitting he assured Lebanese government officials that kidnapping Israeli soldiers was the only way to gain freedom for Hezbollah prisoners and that such a step would not provoke Israel to anything ...

In these worrisome times, we note that were inclined to become so occupied with worry that we lose sight of our obligation to set aside a prudent portion of our lives to be glad were alive, so when the trip is over, we can think, Gee, Im glad I was born. Now, I can croak with a smile. I ...

Uncomfortable as we may be with the inadvertence, we have entered the age of The American Empire. We didnt ask for it, but here it is, like an overgrown eagle that decided, surprisingly enough, to flap into our laps. The problem is, we dont have a clue how to take hold of that confused b ...

After what we are told was a long pursuit of the unfortunate interview, Mike Wallace was finally summoned to Tehran for a meeting with the resident madman, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Once there, he waited an impolite week for an audience with the blustery Mahmoud, The Magnificent. We learn th ...

As if it wasnt enough that PBS, the bastion of culture at the broadcast level, fired the host of the toddlertainment, The Good Night Show. Reason given: The sweet thing, by the name of Melanie Martinez, who is beloved by moms and kids alike, appeared in her ancient history as an actress ...

Carefully examining the many threats to Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad detected them even in the foreign words and phrases that have managed to slip into the Persian language. So he sent forth a linguistic proclamation from his well-versed mind that all government and cultural bodi ...

If we remember correctly, a person becomes a national hero when he saves, or at least helps save, his country. So were a bit perplexed that Hassan Nasrallah, the supposed leader of Hezbollah, who is patiently but effectively destroying his country, is being hailed as a hero at home and i ...

When word finally passed the lips of the communist regime in Cuba that Fidel Castro might be on his way to where his enemigos would like to see him go, Cubans in and out of the island nation celebrated. Then word began to trickle out of the party faithful that the damnable dictator survi ...

While George Bush waved as he headed off to Texas for a holiday, Tony Blairs office announced that he was delaying his holiday to help work out a UN resolution for a ceasefire in Lebanon. "This is obviously a critical time. I think it is coming together. I think the remaining difference ...

(Extended spoof, presented In 10 installments of 4 pages each. This is the final installment; previous ones are presented below each new installment, in case you missed one or more.) Dr. Coburn stepped into the living room and motioned for Dr. Ernst to follow him. As he closed the door ...

In a surprising turn of political morphing, Hillary Clinton announced that she has lost patience with herself and plans to demand her own resignation from the Senate. Fresh from her miscalculated call for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the man who, despite bein ...

As if the Bush administration didnt have enough troubles in Iraq, now theres been a demonstration in Baghdaddy by hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims which featured such deeply religious themes as calls of Death to America! Since it was staged in response to Israels attempt to stave ...

After years of delay, the FDA plans once again to reconsider the over-the-counter sales of the controversial Morning-After Pill, which the manufacturer has, due to the extensive passage of time, now renamed the Marriage-After Pill. Ready access to the pill, which has been available by p ...