James Grove Thurber (1894-1961) was an American writer and artist. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated in stories and in cartoons the comic frustrations of eccentric and statureless people. Born in Columbus, Ohio, James Thur...

In a general survey of American humor, James Thurber comes after the traditional horsesense humorists and before the black humorists of the postatomic era. His most famous and most enduring work developed after he became associated in 1927 with the two-y...

In a general survey of American humor, James Thurber comes after the traditional horse-sense humorists and before the black humorists of the postatomic era. His most famous and most enduring work developed after he became associated in 1927 with the two-...

Every regular opera-goer will know what opera-house laughter sounds like. It's a kind of constrained, collective murmur, a giggle through closed lips, polite, but about as spontaneous as a standing ovation at a Tory conference. But on Wednesday night at the London Coliseum it...

Mindy Somers was a budding journalist and a fun-loving college student who knew the dangers of drinking, having been a member of Students Against Driving Drunk at her Arlington high school. But authorities say that alcohol -- and the question of who served...