Lawrence Baron

Laurie Baron

Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.

He writes two satire columns for San Diego Jewish World: “Humoring the Headlines” under his byline, and “Hounding the Headlines,” under the byline of his dog Elona.

Satire: Translating Putinese

By Laurie Baron Denazification=DeNATOization Ukrainians=Lapsed Russians Special Operations=Asymmetrical war waged until the world starts saying Kiev again Genocide=What lapsed Russians do to ethnic Russians Act of War=Anything that aids the lapsed Russians Chernobyl =What will happen to other nuclear reactors if the lapsed Russians resist Nuclear High Alert=Your next infrastructure projects should be building bomb

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Satire: Ukraine

(Tune: Maria) Na solidarnistʹ z ukrayinsʹkym narodom By Laurie Baron Crimea! It was mere practice, Crimea. For the invasion pain I’ll inflict upon Ukraine. You’ll see in Ukraine. The Ukraine, It claims it’s a nation, the Ukraine. It was Russian under the Czars And under the commissars. We’re back in Ukraine. I’ve prevented its NATO

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Satire: Republican Revisionism

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol which the RNC considers “legitimate political discourse.”  Unbeknownst to the public, the RNC also appointed a historical committee to censure Republicans whose policies the

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