humor Archives - The American Scholar

Friday Morning Pop Quiz

By Brian Doyle | 04/29/2016 |

(There will be no extra credit)

Letters and Comments on My Writing

By Brian Doyle | 05/29/2015 |

A selection

A Note on Stationery

By Brian Doyle | 05/22/2015 |

And suddenly the memories revealed themselves

A Tinkering Kind of Guy

By Brian Doyle | 05/15/2015 |

The absence of arrogance

My Tax Questionnaire

By Brian Doyle | 02/27/2015 |

Honesty always appreciated

This Is Russia

By Brian Doyle | 02/20/2015 |

Where the wine is sweet but the writers are wise

A Shaggy Dog Story

By Brian Doyle | 02/13/2015 |

Calls of nature and the lewdness of squirrels

Jazz and Bras

By Brian Doyle | 12/10/2014 |

Add basketball and you have a few of my favorite American things

The New Guy

By Brian Doyle | 11/28/2014 |

Being utterly hapless and helpless on your first day on the job

Don’t Mock the Monocle (A Webcomic)

By Jessica Love | 10/30/2014 |

On our unspoken preferences for ordering adjectives