Sadly, one of my heroes, Tom Lehrer, has just passed away. I grew up on his songs, and have always delighted in his acerbic wit and great clarity of mind.
Lehrer once famously said, when asked why he stopped writing songs: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
And yet, we now know that things can get even worse. Much worse. To tell the truth, today’s world needs a Tom Lehrer more than ever.