Lee Camp: ‘We’re in a New Age of McCarthyism’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 2, 2018 The comedian explores the legacy of Lenny Bruce, big tech's capacity to strangle independent media and the freedom of working for a network like RT America. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Chapo Trap House Imagines the Most Perverse Outcome of Trump’s Presidency

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 26, 2018 Podcaster-cum-author Matt Christman on the failures of liberalism, his hatred of Megan McArdle and the need for the left to grab hold of our “economic death engine.” Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

George Carlin’s Daughter Calls for a Second Look at ‘Political Correctness’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2016 "We can pretend that [political correctness will] make a better world because we’ll all be pleasant with each other, but if you don’t know about the Nazis and who they are, then they become the hidden enemy," says Kelly Carlin (shown), daughter of the late comedian. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Remembering Lenny Bruce

By Paul Krassner Aug 8, 2016 The controversial comedian’s problem was that he wanted to talk onstage with the same freedom he had in his living room. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Exhibitionist

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When Jewish Upon a Star

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 3, 2011 The voice on the other end of the telephone needed to make sure that I was 21. I wasn’t. “I’m 22,” I said, lying, figuring that 19 might as well be 22 and, anyway, this was a comedy club that I was scheduling an audition for, not the Moonlite Bunny Ranch or the FBI.Back in the summer of 1982 I asked my mother if we had any Jewish ancestors. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Tuchuses and Nay-Nays

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 21, 2011 Tuchuses and nay-nays, to me, became a metaphor for what it meant to replace the literal meaning of something with the figurative meaning; that is, to replace the facts with a value judgment that had less to do with the truth and more to do with a particular interpretation of the truth.Tuchuses and nay-nays, to me, became a metaphor for what it meant to replace the literal meaning of something with the figurative meaning. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Sick and Satired

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