When the Fresh Prince is dishing out public beatdowns on live TV, it's maybe time to at least wonder if we're becoming humorless. And even if that question doesn't have a clear answer, it's worth thinking about what humorlessness represents.

The sanctions on Russia can do a lot, but they can't do everything. Also: What I understand to be the rules about when comedians can and can't make fun of a person's appearance.

A mountain of social science research shows that having a father is good for kids. And you don't even need to be a very good father in order for fatherhood to be very good.

Gas prices are spiking, so now's a good time to address the too-common belief that the President has a great deal of control over gas prices. He doesn't, and we should really stop pretending like he does.

How big of a mistake has Putin made in Ukraine? It's starting to look awfully damn big. And the Iraq War reminds me that dictators sometimes make mistakes that are difficult for me to even comprehend.

It's tempting to see might-makes-right, blood-and-soil views of international relations as a thing of the past, but they're not a thing of the past until they're a thing of the past. As Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reminded us.

The composition of the Supreme Court is shaped by partisanship, randomness, cynicism, cheating, and the icy hand of the Grim Reaper, not necessarily in that order.

What can we do to improve the system?

For a long time, people have wondered why there's no conservative version of The Daily Show.

Suddenly, "Gutfeld!" -- a conservative political comedy show on Fox News -- is thriving. Why?

Let's hope that what MLK wanted for his birthday was a messy, public, embarrassing failure for Democrats.

Because that's what we got him!

Low carbon technology is developing rapidly, which is great! Except that some of what's being developed is just techno-optimist bullshit. How much? It's impossible to say, though the high-profile fall of Theranos does make you wonder.