LOS ANGELES -- Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...

This is FRESH AIR. Tom Lehrer, the composer and occasional performer of such satirical, often topical songs like "Pollution" and "Vatican Rag," died last week at the age of 97. Our TV critic David ...

Last week, "South Park" showed President Trump in bed with Satan — his genitalia showing — and barely rated a shrug. Current events had simply gotten too grotesque, even for him. The humorist and ...