A Few Good Men

During the McCarthy years an FBI operative showed up at Mrs. Brown's door. "I hear your husband has sworn loyalty to the Communist Party," the man said. "My husband has sworn loyalty to a party," Mrs. Brown answered, "but it's not the commies." "What party would that be then?" the man asked. "That party," Mrs. Brown snapped, glaring at him, "would be me."

This week The New Yorker redeemed itself for last week's clumsy, boneheaded cover depicting Barack Obama and his wife as a Muslim and a terrorist respectively. The new cover isn't political, but it's darn funny. I won't give it away here, but it must be seen.