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A Domestic Proposal: No More Babies

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Longevity, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Satire, Work-Life Balance, Jonathan Swift, Jon Kyl, No More Babies, Birth Rate, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

Senator Jon Kyl made headlines recently by proposing that maternity care shouldn't be covered by health insurance because he didn't need it. When S...

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Super Poems: Other Comic Books Inspired by Verse

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Alexander Pope, The Hollow Men, W.H. Auden, The Imperfect Enjoyment, The Tiger, Betty and Veronica, Spiderman, Road-Not-Taken, William Blake, John Milton, The Fantastic Four, Lord Rochester, Iron Man, Cats, Robert Frost, Archie Comics, Human Torch, Captain American, T.S. Eliot, Calvin and Hobbes, The Waste Land, On His Blindness, Jonathan Swift, World War II, Dr. Arbuthnot, Batman, The Green Lantern, Achilles, Comics, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In a plot line inspired by Robert Frost's poem "Road Not Taken," fictional character Archie Andrews has already proposed to Veronica and will propose to Betty next month. I wonder what it would be like if other comics were inspired by poems...

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The Best Medicine

Caroline Hirsch | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Bill Clinton, The Colbert Report, Seinfeld, Tony Blair, A Modest Proposal, Laughter, Merrill Lynch, Daily Show, Economic Collapse, Bush Doctrine, Jon Stewart, Lehman Brothers, Comedy Central, Aristophanes, Ancient Greeks, Jeff Ross, Jonathan Swift, Tina Fey, Dancing With the Stars, Sarah Palin Reaction, Colbert Report, Living News
Caroline Hirsch

As the economy collapses and political scandals keep flaring up like bad rashes, where should America turn for answers? What's going to keep us from falling apart? The answer: laughter.

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