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October 2024

October 02, 2024

A Conversation Between Two Lutheran Humorists

Humor can have salutary moral and religious effects, as we see in the literary traditions...

May 2023

May 19, 2023

Luther’s Rabelaisian Humor

I came across several articles on Luther's humor--his wit, his satires, and even his scatology,...

April 2023

April 19, 2023

Remembering Mad Magazine

Al Jaffee has died at the age of 102. He was the last living cartoonist...

October 2022

October 25, 2022

Luther at the Movies Destroys the Metaverse

Anthony Sacramone, of Luther at the Movies fame, is the editor of Religion & Liberty,...

October 05, 2022

“Ridicule Is Man’s Most Potent Weapon”

Saul Alinsky's rule for radicals #5 is "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." Today it...

May 2022

May 17, 2022

The Rise of Conservative Comedy

Conservative comedy is on the rise, while liberal comedy is floundering. Even progressive scholars are...

February 2022

February 22, 2022

“The Coolest Conservative”

P. J. O'Rourke has died. One tribute described him as "America's greatest satirist and coolest...

July 2021

July 16, 2021

The War Against Satire

Satire has a long pedigree as a conservative literary form. But social media sites are...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

The Vocation of Weird Al Yankovic

Highlighting two profiles of Weird Al Yankovic, known for his parodies of iconic pop songs...

September 2019

September 20, 2019

The Problem with Rebranding the Church

Hans Fiene of Lutheran Satire outdoes himself with Mr. Thompson and the Vicar Rebrand.

July 2019

July 09, 2019

The End of Mad Magazine

Mad Magazine is ceasing publication after a 67-year run. The satirical magazine--which was a formative...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Tom Wolfe, the Literary Scourge of Progressives, Dies

Tom Wolfe, 88, has died. The pioneer of "New Journalism," which uses fictional techniques--an interior point...

December 2017

December 01, 2017

Jonathan Swift’s Takedown of Modernism & Postmodernism

Yesterday, November 30, was the 350th anniversary of the birth of Jonathan Swift, the great...

November 2017

November 07, 2017

Lutheran Satire

Imagine my surprise, when reading an article by Charles Chaput, the conservative Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia,...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

And now “rethinking” free speech

The zeal to support the LGBT cause has led to a "rethinking" of the...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

Dilbert creator likes Trump & questions climate change

One of the funniest comic strips still going is Dilbert, Scott Adams' satirical takedown of...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

How our politicized media would review the Narnia books

Our media is highly politicized across the spectrum, obsessed--pro- or con- or somewhere in between--with...

January 2017

January 02, 2017

Dave Barry’s 2016 Year in Review

One of my New Year's Eve rituals is to read Dave Barry's annual Year in...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

A comedy-thriller about the Reformation

You have GOT to read The Relic Master, a novel by Christopher Buckley (son of...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

“A Christian and a Feminist Almost Agree on Stuff”

From Hans Fiene of Lutheran Satire. (HT: Kerner):

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Those religious-extremist Anglicans

Yes, American foreign policy is a laughing-stock abroad, but that means at least some of...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

Defeat ISIS with comedians

U2 frontman Bono told a Congressional committee that the way to defeat ISIS is to...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

My New Year’s Eve ritual

Every New Year's Eve, I look back on the events of the past year. I...

December 24, 2015

Lutheran vs. other traditions’ Christmas songs

The latest Christmas offering from Hans Fiene at Lutheran Satire: In defense of Anglican Christmas...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

The misguided explanations of ISIS

You have got to read Mollie Hemingway's Federalist piece 16 Of The Worst Ways To...

November 12, 2015

“Modern Educayshun”

From Australian comedian Neel Kolhatkar, who plays the new kid in class. I think the...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Why Democrats hate you and Republicans are lousy politicians

Conservative satirist P. J. O'Rourke has written a devastating take-down of Democrats, though Republicans do...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

“We Don’t Deserve Alexander Hamilton On Our Currency”

You've got to read Mollie Hemingway's piece in the Federalist: We Don't Deserve Alexander Hamilton...

June 12, 2015

New York Times exposes Marco Rubio

The New York Times has published a series of articles (linked at the source, after...

June 10, 2015

Imaginary Yelp reviews from famous theologians

What might Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Charles Finney, Billy Graham, John...