humorist

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Yet he acquired a reputation as a dandy, a clever humorist and an intellectual showman, distinctly apolitical and seemingly a man of no convictions.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

At 94, author and humorist Judith Viorst remains as feistily funny—and honest—as ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that we are living in a time where people are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians are a joke.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

In 1901 a fictional Chicago bartender named Mr. Dooley, the alter ego of the humorist Finley Peter Dunne, observed, “The Supreme Court follows the election returns.”

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2023

When the humorist James Thurber was writing for New Yorker editor Harold Ross in the 1930s and 1940s, the two men often had very strong words about commas.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author