What Bob Newhart's 1960 routine about Abe Lincoln tells us about politics today
Newhart died July 18, but America needs more wit, less rage and anguish
The best comedy finds an uncomfortable truth and tells us a joke.
Bob Newhart, who died July 18 at 94, excelled at this.
Newhart read the 1958 book “The Hidden Persuaders,” by journalist and social critic Vance Packard.
The book argues that applying marketing techniques to p…
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