I’m so sorry to hear that a great hero of mine, Tom Lehrer, died today, aged 97. There are wordsmiths, and then there’s Tom Lehrer. Wickedly clever, deliciously irreverent, and unflinchingly satirical, Lehrer could turn polysyllabic tongue-twisters into piano-driven comedy gold. He made nuclear Armageddon funny, the periodic table lyrical, and politics absurd long before … Continue reading A Tribute to Tom Lehrer: The Wit Who Inspired Generations (Including Me and My Dad