Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too.

I enjoy reading about U.S. history, and I consider myself reasonably educated and well-read. And yet I must confess that it is a brief song in the Springfield Elementary School holiday revue that is the reason I can confidently answer any trivia questions about the person who had the shortest tenure in the highest office in the land.

Happy President’s Day, everyone!

Previous entries in this series can be found by clicking on the “Laughing Matters” tag.