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New Yorker Cartoonist Draws The Books On His Bedside Table

Posted 04.06.2012

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Berlin-based illustrator Christoph Niemann is the master of witty visuals -- his punning drawings, such as a series chronicling his sons' New York sub...

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The People Of The Joke: Exploring The Covenant Of Jewish Comedy

Bob Mankoff | Posted 06.10.2011

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Bob Mankoff

It's strange that the Jews, The People of the Book, eventually became much better known as The People of the Joke. Strange because laughter in the Old Testament is not a good thing.

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The Mohammad Cartoons Then and Now: Defending Satire

Joel Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Whitney

Even if we were offended by the New Yorker cover, we all must speak up for the right to offend. Discussions of "taste" or "respect" are insidious code words for censorship.

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One MORE Last Comment on "The Cover"

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Weissman

One more cartoon deserves mention: Walt Handlesman's view on how a prototypical New Yorker reader ..."Urbane! ... Abstract!" ...views the cover is spot on. Check it out.

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Jon Stewart Takes On Media, Obama For Overreacting To New Yorker Cover: "It's Just A F***ing Cartoon!"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart took on the media and Barack Obama for overreacting to, and thus validating, the New Yorker cover controversy. ...

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The Politics of Fear

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are all terrified, plain and simple, that somehow the right-wing smear campaign will succeed in defeating our candidate. We are the ones who have become... not stupid, but scared-stupid and irrational.

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The New Yorker Got it Right

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The great danger is that the lies and maliciousness the Obama slander sites busily fan could or has had some resonance with some voters, especially the much fought-over independents.

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Jason Linkins

A New Yorker Cover For National Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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[UPDATED, below.] Andrew Sullivan pulls this editorial cartoon from David Horsey, and asks, "How would the Republican base react to this?" Of cour...

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Good News, Bad News and Obama

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rory O'Connor

The Romanian Senate recently voted to require 50 percent of all material reported by Romanian media outlets to be "positive news." Absurd! Ridiculous! Maybe we should do the same thing here.

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