We'll Laugh Again

by Art Buchwald

A critical and humorous examination of the last decade by a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist considers such topics as the pharmaceutical industry, HMOs, tax cuts for the tobacco industry, reality TV, Bill Gates, cheating at MIT, and Viagra. Reprint.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

American humorist best known for his long-running column of political satire and commentary that he wrote in The Washington Post, which was syndicated in over 500 newspapers. He wrote more than 30 books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982. In 1991 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Obituary at The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...

Columns at The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...

Reviews

[Badri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed... I used read reprints of Buchwald's weekly columns in my English language hometown paper growing up in Southern India. Read this book from nostalgia, and found it wanting. Don't know if this collection is not his best work, or my taste in satire has moved on.

[Vinothraj · Rating 3 out of 5]

In classic Art style. A compilation of his humorous columns.

[Christopher Maher · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book because the author is spoken of very highly by one of my favorite writers, Dave Barry. This book is a collection of newspaper columns written by Buchwald in the 1990s and shortly after 9/11.
I found the post 9/11 work to be fairly engaging, especially the column written immediately after the attacks. Much of the 1990s work, however, is simply OK, in my opinion. I should note that while I did not have any disagreement or issue with the content of the work, the style was not one that I find captivating.
To be exact, while there is humor in the book, it is a bit more gentle than I prefer. I think this is a "me problem", though, not a knock at Mr. Buchwald. Another style element that did not connect with me is his frequent use of setting up fictionalized conversations as a way of expressing his point.
Again, none of those criticisms are directed at Mr. Buchwald, I just did not connect with his writing.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Doing some catch-up on my collection of Buchwald books. A little different in that he dedicated a chapter of this book specifically on post 9/11 columns. A majority of the book highlights many of Buchwald's column during the latter years of President Clinton, and it naturally includes his sarcastic take on the issues of the day including the Clinton/Lewinski scandal, immigration, gun control, equal rights, health care, womens rights, and a slew of other issues of interest during the transition to the 21st Centurty.

I loved Buchwald's daily column (Buchwald died in January 2007), but over the years I've found that I can't continuously read a book of Buchwald in a single sitting...I have to break it up by chapters so I can enjoy without Buchwald without burning out on him. I have a collection of his books found in bargain book sales and I strive to complete as many of them as possible. One chapter at a time.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

I last read Buchwald around 1977 or so... "I Never Danced At The Whitehouse" was the book and I found it very funny then. Almost 40 years later, I read his final book and, while droll, I didn't find it "laugh-out-loud" funny. It's sad, because when I was in my 20's, I wanted to be a journalist and, more specifically, a columnist. Buchwald and Bob Greene were my "idols".

*shrugs* I was disappointed with this book, though I was surprised at how evenhandedly he lampooned both liberals and conservatives.