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The Gene Pool
Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tempered by a warm heart.
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TO: Ed Woods, Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer, The New York Daily News
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Has Trump Finally Hit a Homer?
I have a thought I’d like to share with you. Before I do, it’s only fair to warn you: This will make no sense unless you believe, as I do, that Donald…
Jun 23 • gene weingarten
Now Here's An Idea . . .
Let's take the trashifixion of sports to the next level.
Jun 22 • gene weingarten
The Day I Killed My Father
Happy Father’s Day. I haven’t done this before, but today I am reprinting a previous Gene Pool column in full.
Jun 21 • gene weingarten
Training the Swamp
Do you recognize the guy above? He is an actor playing Francis Marion, AKA “The Swamp Fox,” a Revolutionary War hero — bane of the British and their…
Jun 20 • gene weingarten
Okay, So Trump Didn't Quite Stick the Landing ...
Now that we all know that Donald Trump was sodomized by Iran, it’s only fair to point out that this war, which has ended in groveling capitulation by a…
Jun 19 • gene weingarten
The Invitational Week 181: Bumptious Behavior
Write new dialogue for some more classic ‘Speed Bump’ cartoons. Plus winning poems featuring ‘hwyl’ and other spelling bee words.
Jun 18 • Pat Myers and gene weingarten
The Walls Are Crumbling
The following news stories are out today. All of them.