Nero Fiddled Comedy for Democracy

Wait a minute, Rick Santorum? I happen to know Rick Santorum intimately, because I once was Rick Santorum. I played him on stage in Moral Value Meal. In order to assume that role, I flirted dangerously with the dark side, an experience chronicled in my heartrending essay "Becoming Santorum." Having

This begins Nero Fiddled's inadequate, intermittent coverage of the 2012 presidential election! I know: You came here for comprehensive analysis of the Iowa caucus. Well, at this time, Nero Fiddled can project that the United States, with its 538 electoral votes, will go to President Barack

Like most New Yorkers, I have mixed feelings about Mayor Bloomberg. I deplore his tendency to switch parties whenever it's politically convenient, and his overturning of term limits. I've liked some of the changes he's made to the city (the Broadway promenade is wonderful, and far more consistent

The Republican Party, in part of its ongoing effort to demonstrate that it's the party of new ideas, is rallying around a swaggering, inarticulate meathead who thinks Social Security and Medicare are unconstitutional, carries a gun while jogging, suffers from fanatical religious delusions, wears cow