Ted Cohen’s funny and fascinating philosophical exploration of the nature of jokes in Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters, is now available for free download
Yesterday was the birthday of Ben Hecht. Though best known for his second career as a Hollywood screenwriter (he won an Oscar for 1927’s Underworld
With the Supreme Court due to hear arguments tomorrow in a suit challenging Chicago’s ban on handguns in the city, Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight