Join Gerald Nachman to take a look at that which amuses. Out on a Whim is aweekly humor column about Americana, satirizing whatever seems worthy of kidding, including political inanity and insanity -- conservative, liberal and everything in between.
Photo: Is President Obama too skinny to fight back? AP
Skinny President Barack Obama is still a 98-pound weakling when it comes to opposing the big bully on the beach called Congress. (Satire) Published 9:07 a.m. June 9, 2012 - Comments
Trust nothing on your plates today. It’s all poison. (Satire) Published 9:21 a.m. June 2, 2012 - Comments
Can he find someone even more boring than he is? (Satire) Published 10:41 a.m. May 19, 2012 - Comments
Banks thank Occupy Wall Street and their fellow protestors across the country for bringing the economy back. (Satire) Published 10:59 a.m. May 11, 2012 - Comments
Washington insiders suggest that 11 Secret Service agents’ dalliance with prostitutes was a sly ploy to draw attention to the President’s otherwise humdrum trip for a Summit of the Americas (Satirical). Published 3:55 p.m. May 3, 2012 - Comments
Gerald Nachman is author of "Right Here on Our Stage Tonight: Ed Sullivan's America" and "Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s."
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Gerald Nachman is author of "Right Here on Our Stage Tonight: Ed Sullivan's America" and "Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s."