We'll Laugh Again

by Buchwald, Art

• ISBN13: 9780451209757
• ISBN10: 0451209753
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-07
• Publisher: NAL Trade

Summary

Since 1962, Art Buchwald has been by our side through the great tragicomedy of American life-cracking jokes, pestering politicians, and sharing his wisdom. A pain in the neck to every president from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, Buchwald knows irony when he sees it, and he sees it almost everywhere-in Bush, Clinton, drug companies, tax cuts, class relations, and Viagra. With this new collection of columns, he reminds us that in this crazy world, at least we can look forward to the next good laugh.

Author Biography

Art Buchwald is a columnist for the Washington Post and the author of many books.

Table of Contents

Introduction
After September 11, 2001
We Won't Be Young Again	p. 3
Another Day of Infamy	p. 5
Scoundrels in Our Closet	p. 6
This Way of Life	p. 8
What's Funny	p. 10
Big Spenders Wanted	p. 12
It's Only a Film	p. 13
Football Is Not the Same	p. 15
Herb	p. 17
Mixed Signals	p. 19
Watch Thy Neighbor	p. 21
Stick 'Em Up	p. 23
The Home Front Answer Man	p. 25
Time for Good News	p. 27
A Real Celebrity	p. 29
Security vs. Freedom	p. 31
Rumors of War	p. 32
Another Scare	p. 34
Before September 11, 2001
Will Bill Interfere?	p. 41
The Day of Chutzpah	p. 43
Spray Me	p. 45
Made in the U.S.A.	p. 47
A Pill Collector	p. 49
Winner Take All	p. 52
Vacations Go to the Dogs	p. 54
Mr. President, Jr.	p. 56
Murder, She Said	p. 58
The Final Test	p. 60
Kidnapping Made Easy	p. 62
Charge Me	p. 64
Dinner Is Served	p. 66
Pardon Me	p. 69
Hugging Never Hurt	p. 71
The First Eight Days	p. 73
Matchmaking in Washington	p. 79
Retraining for All	p. 81
War Games	p. 83
Live a Little	p. 85
On the Street	p. 87
Don't Sit Under That Apple Tree	p. 90
Where the Money Is	p. 92
What Honor Code?	p. 94
Steady As She Goes	p. 96
Adolph the Great	p. 98
I'm Glad You Asked	p. 100
Expert Witness	p. 102
Law-Abiding What?	p. 104
What They Don't Tell You	p. 106
The Rumor Handlers	p. 108
Bell on the Telephone	p. 111
The Road to Ruin	p. 113
Meals with Wheels	p. 115
Smokers' Lucky Strike	p. 117
Suite Revenge	p. 118
The Quick and the Dead	p. 123
Daddy Dumbest	p. 125
From Here to Infiniti	p. 127
The Pitch: Hype and Inside	p. 129
Vacation Evacuation	p. 131
A Poke in the Nose	p. 132
The Candidates Ad-Lib	p. 134
The Upside of Downsizing	p. 135
Every Pothole Has a Silver Lining	p. 137
The Ace of Clubs	p. 139
A Tankful of Liquid Capital	p. 141
Hard Facts about Soft Money	p. 143
A Lust for Politics	p. 145
Daddy's Little Drill Sergeant	p. 147
The Great Portender	p. 149
Cuppa Coffee	p. 151
Tell It Like It Is	p. 152
It's All Legal	p. 154
Nearer My God	p. 156
Smoke in Your Eyes	p. 157
I Do	p. 159
Questions, Nothing but Questions	p. 163
Wherefore Art the Prez?	p. 165
Break-In	p. 167
Belly-Up	p. 169
Four Score	p. 170
Where Are My Socks?	p. 172
Danger: Reading Materiel	p. 174
Viagra, the Politically Incorrect Pill?	p. 175
Armed and Dangerous	p. 177
You'd Better Cooperate, or Else	p. 178
High Crimes and Misbehavior	p. 180
Washington Water Torture	p. 182
From Charlton to "Chainsaw"	p. 183
Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite	p. 185
It Only Hurts When I Call the HMO	p. 186
Starr Search - A Fee for All	p. 188
A Poor Excuse for a Leader	p. 190
To the Moon, Ken! To the Moon!	p. 191
When Your Friends Are Really Bugged	p. 193
Santa, Looking to Close a Sweetheart Deal	p. 195
Surprise Witnesses	p. 197
Even Friendlier	p. 201
Trashing Virginia	p. 203
Bill Gates and Me	p. 204
The Polite Police	p. 205
Surfing for Pleasure	p. 207
Don't Touch Me	p. 209
House for Sale	p. 211
Is There a Doctor in the House?	p. 213
Time and Time Again	p. 214
Where Are You, Norman Rockwell?	p. 216
Health Tips	p. 218
Why George Can't Read	p. 220
Road Rage	p. 222
First Lady or Else	p. 224
Millennium Eve	p. 226
Millionaire Fever	p. 228
Back to Work	p. 233
Craps	p. 235
Tickets, Please	p. 237
Ninety Miles Away	p. 239
Happy Graduation	p. 240
Harry Pinkney Day	p. 242
Payback	p. 244
A Great Skier	p. 246
Layoffs	p. 247
Clinton Sightings	p. 249
A Trillion Here, a Trillion There	p. 251
Beautiful Dreamer	p. 252
Keeping Down with the Joneses	p. 254
Mean Television	p. 256
The Good Guys	p. 257
Bye-Bye, Jeffords	p. 259
Greenhouse Gases	p. 261
Katharine Graham	p. 263
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