Lighten Up, Liberals: Play as Resistance

Lighten Up, Liberals: Play as Resistance

Early in Stripes, the 1981 comedy about Army misfits, a sergeant gathers a group of recruits for a time of getting to know each other. One recruit launches into a diatribe about how he wants to be named and treated: “The name’s Francis Soyer, but everybody calls...
As Laughter Rises, Tyranny Falls

As Laughter Rises, Tyranny Falls

English politician and writer Horace Walpole once wrote, “The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” For all the thinkers out there, last week felt like a shot across the bow as a silencing blow ricocheted off late-night television,...