Topic: George Carlin

All Content

US Supreme Court opens, likely to wade into health care debate

It seems inevitable that the US Supreme Court will agree to hear the legal challenge to President Obama’s health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act. As the court opens Monday, gun laws, immigration, racial preferences, and separation of church and state loom as major issues as well.
The Reformed Broker
Shocker: Americans found a way to shop this year

Never underestimate the American consumer.
Growing Up Laughing

Marlo Thomas remembers her own childhood even as she asks top comics: “How did you become funny?”
Editor's Blog
Free speech in a fishbowl

In a world where everyone has access instantly to what is said on the other side of the planet, free speech has to reckon with millions of new 'free listeners'
Tina Fey to get prestigious Mark Twain humor prize

Tina Fey joins the ranks of Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin and others who have won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Horizons
Education video or harbinger of Marxist revolution? We report, you decide.
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Dog show pooch-gazing, comedian Carlin's timeless wit, England's green and manicured land, and more.
USA
From our files: The nonconforming George Carlin

The irreverent comedian, who died June 22, was interviewed by the Monitor in 1973 after a transitional time for his standup routine in which, he says he had discovered his true character - himself.
FCC's obscenity rule to get Supreme Court's ear

The tribunal agrees to take a case about the commission's crackdown on stations that air expletives.
The 1970s: When comedy met reality

Journalist Richard Zoglin takes a behind-the-scenes look at stand-up in the ‘70s
The 1970s: when comedy met reality

Journalist Richard Zoglin tells how stand-up comedy changed America.