After quietly helping Mel Brooks set the irreverent tone on “Get Smart” and “The Producers,” she had a long collaboration as a writer with the actor and humorist Marshall Efron.

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Jimmy Kimmel celebrated that President Trump “finally did something positive” with his role in the deal between Israel and Hamas.

Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.

In China, journalism and public debate were opening up, and then a leader took over and used a series of steps to dictate speech.

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.