The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter,” Mark Twain once remarked, and we’re all clearly at the moment when we need that weapon. The shrill political atmosphere ...

First came Lenny Bruce, then George Carlin, then Richard Pryor. Call them the holy trinity of modern stand-up comedy. Bruce fought prosecutors all over the country for working “blue.” Carlin took on ...

Entertainment Tonight is reporting (oh, NYT now, too) that George Carlin has passed away at the age of 71. As a comedian, he followed in the footsteps of Lenny Bruce, confronting audiences with taboo ...