An especially repellant political race is about to fade from the headlines. It would have been less ugly had more politicians traded invective for wit. Humor can take the edge off while retaining the bite.
“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand,” Mark Twain said. Clever retorts are a superb way to neutralize assailants foaming with righteous anger as a means, they think, to enhance their arguments.
Today, the politician most skilled at cutting rage down to size with humor is Sen. John N. Kennedy. I disagree with many of the Louisiana Republican’s views, but heavens, I enjoy his
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