Dina Gachman

Blogger and author

Why do politicians and their partners stare so hard at each other when they're speaking on camera? If your loved one stared at you like that you might get the uneasy feeling they were shooting invisible lasers into your skull with their eyeballs.

Nico Lang

Blogger; correspondent, WBEZ

Here are some movies on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes that received either the same approval rating as Congress, or somehow got better reviews than our chief legislative body.

James Kotecki

Political Analyst and Satirist

What if Ann Romney's horse was Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick? Here's a look at the pros and cons of a having a famous horse for a running mate.

Jeff Danziger

Political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

Katie Halper

Co-founder, Laughing Liberally

This country cannot afford to have a woman whose kids went to Kinderland lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Who knows how her children brainwashed their mother with the values of the camp.

Alan Grayson

U.S. Congressman for Florida's 9th District

One of my opponents has a new ad, claiming that I will shut down all children's lemonade stands. Seriously.

Steve Almond

Author, 'Not That You Asked'

Our lazy embrace of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy mockery as genuine subversion and snarky mimesis as originality.

Will Durst

Political comic, former radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, motivational speaker

First there was Romney Care, and now we got Obama Care, but if the hard line conservatives get their way, this country is going to end up with We Don't Care. Less Care For You. Couldn't Care Less.

Sophia A. McClennen and Remy M. Maisel

Professor, Penn State University; Author, 'Colbert's America: Satire and Democracy'

If you think that Colbert is just a guy doing a shtick as a bloviating pundit on Comedy Central, then it makes sense to question why he would be the subject of study.

Gavin Shulman

Writer, Producer

I don't want to over-simplify things, but sometimes simple is true. There's a reason Mitt Romney seems like a jerk. If the Italian leather shoe fits, he'll wear it. And buy an extra pair for his son Taggart.

Sunil Adam

Editor, 'The Indian American'

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David Misch

Author, "Funny: The Book"

Nearly two in three Americans think President Barack Obama is better suited than Republican rival Mitt Romney to deal with an alien invasion. Just as in the 2008 election, the American people have made a horrible error.

Sunil Adam

Editor, 'The Indian American'

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Sunil Adam

Editor, 'The Indian American'

Jeff Danziger

Political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

Erin Gibson

Comedian, Feminist, Jerk, Southern Belle, Co-Host Throwing Shade Podcast, Writer Funny or Die

Last week, every single GOP Senator voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, an act that would make it hard for companies to continue to practice pay discrimination, which is a thing where companies pay women less cause they have teet teets and a nana.