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Life, liberty and the very American pursuit of humor

NPR | By Elizabeth Blair

Published February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM EST

The Declaration of Independence states that all men have certain "unalienable rights." From Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, satirists have picked apart that guarantee and what politicians do to honor it.

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