President Trump was reportedly despondent over his failure to “hit the back row” during his paper towel toss to a gathered church crowd in hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico.

 Trump shook his head in shameful defeat as loops of his paper towel tosses repeated on a TV screen. “I’m ...read more

• By Frederic Poag
  Nov 9, 2018

UPDATE: The official cause of Chez Pazienza's death has yet to be confirmed. Below are the facts as told to me by Chez's fiancée, Taryn, the day after his passing. The article makes no claim about the specific cause of death, and his family would greatly appreciate readers not ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Mar 5, 2017

Dear white "progressives", It has come to my attention that despite your well meaning allegiances to left wing causes, your failure to conform to the true tenants of pro feminist/transgender/multicultural/progressive liberalism is, to quote my good friend Sam Doloncot, deeply ...read more

• By Glenn Greensworld
  Nov 9, 2018

From Mike Huckabee's fever dreams of a secular America to the Lovecraftian gibberish spewing forth from the Iowa Freedom Summit, the final week of January confirmed that American politics in 2015 will be just as twisted and deluded as they were in 2014. In fact, they might even ...read more

• By Tom McKay
  Nov 9, 2018

"I can't write a parody of these people that even begins to hold a candle to the real thing." - Chez Pazienza referring to Salon.com Our very own Sam Doloncot has penned a highly useful essay on how to have a socially just, and cultural appropriation-free Halloween. But in ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016

One of the best and worst things about the Comment of the Week, besides the fact that it has the monetary value of an expired coupon, is that it is completely subjective and at the mercy of whatever mood we here at the Banter are in when picking them. Sometimes that means I ...read more

• By Bryce Rudow
  Feb 17, 2016