Will Durst

The New York Times says Emmy-nominated comedian and writer Will Durst “is quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today.” The Humor Times says "Durst is the Sage of Satire, the Learned Lampooner, the King of Political Satire!" Check his website for upcoming stand-up performance dates. Will's books, including Elect to Laugh! A Hilarious, Common Sense Guide to American Politics are available at Amazon and better bookstores all over this great land of ours. From Ulysses Press.

New Hampshire is for Losers

By Will Durst, February 16, 2016January 13, 2025

They don’t call New Hampshire the elephant graveyard of presidential aspirations for nothing. Once again New Hampshire has demonstrated it is as different from the rest of the … Read more

Thin Wins in Iowa

By Will Durst, February 3, 2016February 10, 2016

Iowa’s caucuses: the Special Olympics of politics The great state of Iowa has a history of cultivating its topsoil for a harvest of winners the rest of the … Read more

Hawkeyes and Granitoids

By Will Durst, January 30, 2016January 3, 2017

What genius chose Iowa and New Hampshire to host the first primaries, anyway? And now the question that’s been dancing on the lips of politically concerned citizens for … Read more

New Yorkie Values

By Will Durst, January 26, 2016

Is it fair to make sweeping generalizations solely based on longitude and latitude? To taunt his rival and sow seeds of evangelical doubt, Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz informed … Read more

The Real State of the Union

By Will Durst, January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

The State of the Union: it’s complicated In his last State of the Union Address, that renowned weaver of uplifting platitudes, President Barack Obama, crocheted his constituents one … Read more

Predictions 2016

By Will Durst, January 5, 2016September 30, 2021

Zero-waste policy: please cherry-pick your favorite predictions for 2016 and dump the rest. At the beginning of a new year, cultures all over the world traditionally perform peculiar … Read more

2016: What to Expect

By Will Durst, December 30, 2015May 26, 2017

We here at Durstco have compiled a political forecast for 2016 It’s hard to believe, but we’re on the brink of another presidential election year. Let us pray. … Read more

Candidate Holiday Traditions

By Will Durst, December 21, 2015March 19, 2019

Each presidential candidate has his/her own unique way of celebrating the season, and we have uncovered them all for you! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. … Read more

Smite Might

By Will Durst, December 15, 2015

America doesn’t need a bully like Trump, just a bullying pacifist. Bullies love fear. And once they sniff its smoke, the real pros know how to fuel and … Read more

Top Ten Comedic News Stories of 2015

By Will Durst, December 8, 2015

Not just another 2015 Top Ten list! Be still your beating hearts, because the agonizing wait is over. Wake the kids. Rake the leaves. Fake speaking in tongues. … Read more