Will Durst

America Stuck on a Rollercoaster of Spin
The problem is more obvious than half a leech on the sneeze guard of a salad bar: we're paying much too much attention. He has the unique ability to blot out the big picture...
March 12, 2019
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A Plague of Dems
Democrats applying to be their party's next presidential nominee constitute the second largest growth industry in America surpassed only by those providing legal advice to Trump Administration staffers...
February 26, 2019
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Peaches, the Wall
President Donald Trump loves him some wall. Not that karmic wall of wasting all his political capital sucking up to superstitious xenophobes. No, not those thick as a brick wall. He even said opponents can name it "peaches...
February 20, 2019
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The State of the Donald Speech
Raging Moderate by Will Durst The State of the Union address, about to be presented by President Donald Trump, is a week late, due to the government being closed for five...
February 4, 2019
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After Xmas Gift Wish List
Raging Moderate It's way past time to congratulate the baby Jesus on the anniversary of his birth. The only major difference is there are much fewer jingle bells on the soundtracks. And Nat King Cole...
January 3, 2019
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Turning Trump Around
Raging Moderate Donald Trump and global warming. Rather, the pairing harkens closer to the other location. The one with the pitchfork racks on the scorched walls of the foyer. Whatever that is. But it's definitely neither warming nor global...
December 20, 2018
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Top 10 Comedic News Stories of 2018
Raging Moderate Sit the kids down. Prop the grandparents up. This truly is the most wonderful time of the year. No. No. Like golden-stitched, sequined blue jean jackets are to chocolate brownies...
December 11, 2018
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Monetizing the White House
Raging Moderate Money. Cash. Scratch. Benjamins. Cabbage. Gravy. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell says the country needs to slash entitlements because of our huge deficit. trillion corporate tax cut pushed through earlier this year...
November 27, 2018
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Giving Thanks in 2018
Raging Moderate One thing we should all be grateful for this year is that Thanksgiving is making its annual appearance at the earliest possible point on the 22nd...
November 19, 2018
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Why Halloween is so Monstrously Like Election Day
Raging Moderate Be careful out there folks, because we're in the middle of that scary time of year when spooky, hollow-eyed, costumed creatures come begging for treats and if refused, threaten dastardly tricks...
October 30, 2018
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Hugging Despots
Raging Moderate For some unfathomable reason, Donald Trump has worked himself into one heavy-duty lather over dictators. Warlords. His love of tyrants is tremendous. It is huge. Vladimir Putin. Kim Jon Un...
October 24, 2018
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The Midterm Intervention
Raging Moderate It's such a hoary old chestnut, the phrase should be roasting on an open fire right about now. We hear it every even-numbered November from every politician in every competitive race. This isn't just an election...
October 17, 2018
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About Will Durst
Comedy For People Who Read Or Know Someone Who Does

As the sacred cows set themselves up for slaughter each night at six, America cries out for a man with the aim, strength and style to swat the partisan political piñatas upside their heads. Will Durst is that man. Sweeping both sides of the aisle with a quiver full of barbs sharpened by a keen wit and dipped into the same ink as the day's headlines, Durst transcends political ties, performing at events featuring Vice President Al Gore and former President George H.W. Bush, also speaking at the Governors Conference and the Mayors Convention cementing his claim as the nation's ultimate equal opportunity offender. Outraged and outrageous, Durst may mock and scoff and taunt, but he does it with taste.

A Midwestern baby boomer with a media-induced identity crisis, Durst has been called "a modern day Will Rogers" by The L.A. Times while the S. F. Chronicle hails him as "heir apparent to Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory." The Chicago Tribune argues he's a "hysterical hybrid of Hunter Thompson and Charles Osgood," although The Washington Post portrays him as "the dark Prince of doubt." All agree Durst is America's premier political comic.

As American as a bottomless cup of coffee, this former Milwaukeean is cherished by critics and audiences alike for the common sense he brings to his surgical skewering of the hype and hypocrisies engulfing us on a daily basis. Busier than a blind squirrel neck deep in an almond sorting warehouse, Durst writes a weekly column, was a contributing editor to both National Lampoon and George magazines and continues to pen frequent contributions to various periodicals such as The New York Times and his hometown San Francisco Chronicle.

This five-time Emmy nominee and host/co-producer of the ongoing award winning PBS series "Livelyhood" is also a regular commentator on NPR and CNN, and has appeared on every comedy show featuring a brick wall including Letterman, Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime, receiving 7 consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up of the Year. Hobbies include the never-ending search for the perfect cheeseburger, while his heroes remain the same from when he was twelve: Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny.

Look for Will's new book "The All American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing" at bookstores and Amazon.com.

Will Durst's performances and columns are made possible by the First Amendment.
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