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A Brief History of Our Family-Owned Chip Company

It all started when Daddy bought too many potatoes.
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Reading “The Power Broker” Has Changed My Life

I’ve also found that the book works great as a tofu press or a yoga block.
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Parents in a Chain

The great zucchini-bread disaster of 2024 and other mishaps, on a group text of moms and dads after the library bake sale.
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America!: Republican Vice-Presidential Candidates Compete for Trump’s Favor in the Thunderdome

It’s the same as the real world, but more steampunk—so, worse.
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Self-Help Books from Ancient Times

“The Ultimate Detox from Feudalism,” “Stop Overthinking and Start Impaling,” and other gems.

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“And then, for the last question, we’ll ask them to repeat the five words we gave them at the start.”
Cartoon by Robert Leighton

Debatable

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Debate Me, You Coward!

Here are some things I believe: North Dakota is the one on the bottom; tennis balls can feel pain; there’s only one gender.
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Actually, I Can’t Wait for a Trump-Biden Rematch

This time around, we’ll remember to stock the appropriate amount of Xanax, anticipating that the election will take several days to call.
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Important Last-Minute Debate Prep

Get some rest the night before. Everybody gets sleepy, but nobody likes the idea that the guy with the nuclear launch codes is going to flatten Islamabad because he didn’t get his eight hours in.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Town-Hall Debate

Questioner #1: Mr. Lincoln, why do you wear that dumb hat?

Comics

Sketchbook

Meet My TV Boyfriend

A wood-panelled cathode-ray television set that lived on my bed—not as much fun as it sounds!
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Send In the Clowns

Don’t bother, they’re here.
Shouts & Murmurs

Rating Strangers in My Neighborhood

The overly friendly Trader Joe’s cashiers, the dogs in baby strollers, and more.
Sketchpad

The Best Scammy Self-Help Books of the Summer!

“Let’s Save Our Trees” (hardback edition!), the minimalist shopping guide, and other best-sellers by hypocrites.

More Humor

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Six Eerie Predictions That Early Sci-Fi Authors Got Completely Wrong

The Turbo Fridge, a shoe that does your taxes, and other future-tech that never came to be.
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Middle-Age Fantasies

Which is hotter? Talking geopolitics with the sexy nurse, or finding that the alluring young babysitter likes your unpublished novel?
Culture Desk

When Dads Cry: A Memoir in Man Tears

My wife sees it as an expression of feelings-friendly masculinity to be modelled for our two still-impressionable boys.
Culture Desk

Dry Ice and Rose Petals: An Entrance Fit for the Father of the Bride

And did I mention the fireworks? Lighting your way down the aisle!
Culture Desk

Lying to My Dad

I’d become everything to him—a fun-house mirror, constantly contorting to fit his needs.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Alito, Roberts, and Thomas See the Sea

Summer recess for the Supremes.
Shouts & Murmurs

It’s Time to Schedule Your Annual Friendship Checkup

What is your current employment status?
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What Are You Fond of, Samuel Alito?

My wife is fond of expensive men’s watches, Norwegian death metal, and private jets. I am not.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Bannon Behind Bars

He’ll get by with a little help from his friends.
Shouts & Murmurs

New Takes on Old Sayings

All is fair in love and chores.