Rachel Kaufman, freelance reporter

I'm an interrogator of gargoyle lovers, frog fondlers, and the eternal optimists saving the news industry. These are some of the stories I've written.

Funnier than Fiction: Bill Maher

20080529 maher 300v1 Funnier than Fiction: Bill MaherYOU CAN’T SAY BILL MAHER IS AFRAID of offending people.

After the “Real Time With Bill Maher” host’s broadcast show, “Politically Incorrect,” got pulled off the air after some of his post-9/11 comments, he took his political humor and commentary to a more receptive audience at HBO. But it’s stand-up Maher prefers.

“Telling jokes to strangers is pretty much my favorite thing to do … and, of course, Washington is pretty much the greatest city in the world to do my act, because national news is local news.”

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