Johnny Mercer has the odd distinction of having written the lyrics for two Broadway musicals with the word "l'il" in the title. In 1956, it was the hit Li'l Abner, with music by Gene de Paul. Seven ...

Demographers have recently given us the distressing news that in all of America, Massachusetts is the only state experiencing negative population growth. Government-funded studies indicate that the ...

Every Sunday evening, many a U.S. radio listener lends his ear to a loudmouthed, platitudinous, corn-cackling character who calls himself Senator Claghorn. The “Senator” is a broad burlesque of the ...

As Senator Claghorn on the Fred Allen show (TIME, Dec. 31), Kenny Delmar has been something more than sensational. Last week, after eight months burlesquing Southern statesmanship, Senator Claghorn ...

consistently poor record on civil liberties.