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TORONTO - Just over two weeks ago, Donald Trump declared on his Truth Social account that he wanted to “make movies in ...
would make me the campus satirist sensation. Besides, who wouldn’t want a freshie who literally ended their application with, "By the way, I inserted all of the current campus knowledge I have ...
BRUSSELS — The Criminal Court of Ghent on Tuesday cited freedom of speech in acquitting Flemish best-selling author Herman Brusselmans on charges of antisemitism and incitement to hatred. “The sharp, ...
Most people are familiar with the phrase “bread and circuses,” which Roman satirist Juvenal used to mock commoners’ taste for creature comforts and entertainment over civic duty.
A newly-appointed U.S. attorney is putting an unfortunate twist on the satirist Juvenal’s ancient question: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” — “Who will guard the guards themselves?” ...
The family of the exiled Iranian satirist and comedian Ebrahim Nabavi has announced his death in the United States at the age of 66. In a statement, they said he had taken his own life and that ...
David Lodge, British author of perhaps the greatest works of campus satire of all-time, died on Jan. 1, 2025, at age 89, surrounded by his family at his home in Birmingham, England. I first read ...
Writing at the turn of the first century AD, the Roman satirist Juvenal posed a question which has haunted political discourse ever since; “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (Who guards the guardians?) ...
Atkore’s results have fallen sharply. But it looks worse than it really is, mainly because the peak from which it plunged was unusually high thanks to post-pandemic buying and the onset of the ...
So I guess the same insight has been around for over 2,000 years. Sometimes it takes a satirist to figure this stuff out. In fact, Juvenal was the Jon Stewart of his time. Which means he only worked on ...
“That’s what I was doing. That’s called social commentary, that’s called satire.” He ran on a campaign that supported gay marriage (“I think they have every right to be as miserable as ...
(File 2010 / Staff Photo) Texas icon Kinky Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist, mystery novelist and former political candidate, has died at age 79. His official X account confirmed his ...