Man Struck By Lightening Faces Battery Charge. After reading these headlines and others whose content kept them out of this family column, I am forced to admit that journalists can be funny at times. Perhaps those of us who have the privilege of writing and being read, should be better at being funny. Too often, those who write center their writing on negative things and in finding fault with existing institutions and those in leadership positions. While I believe journalists as a whole have a sincere desire to make life in our world better, perhaps they could be more successful by simply being funny.
People love to laugh and in the midst of laughing, something positive takes place.
Two Americans stand out at making us laugh. I greatly admire Bob Hope and Will Rogers. They are universally loved in this country because they could take some very serious issues, such as politics and war, and find some humor in the midst of them. Such genius is rare. Today's comedians and writers often resort to the sordid and the coarse to make people laugh.