In the sixties there was a tv show know as Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. It has been resurrected, with a slighty modified name, as The McLaughlin GROUP.

I'm not sure any longer how I acquired it, but I have on my desk a "The McLaughlin GROUP" bookmark. I share it for the edification of all.

1996

[Caricatures by Hirschfeld]
The McLaughlin GROUP
The award-winning, news/public affairs program from Washington, D.C., combining wit and wisdom with opinion and commentary on the major issues of the day.

Hosted by John McLaughlin (center) with a panel of respected journalists: (clockwise from left) Jack Germond, Clarence Page, Eleanor Clift, Morton Kondracke, and Fred Barnes.

Watch them every week. Check television listings for the day, time, and station in your area.
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The McLaughlin GROUP
Recommends Books That Make Sense of Our Times

• Barber, Benjamin R. Jihad Vs. McWorld. Times Books, 1995.
• Brezhneva, Luba. The World I Left Behind: Pieces of a Past. Random House, 1995.
• Cose, Ellis. A man's World: How Real Is Male Privilege--and How High Is Its Price? Harper Collins, 1995.
• Easterbook, Gregg. A Moment on the Earth. Viking, 1995.
• Howard, Philip K.The Death of Common Sense. Random House, 1995.
• Lind, Michael. The Next American Nation. Free Press. 1995.
• Loury, Glenn. One By One from the Inside Out. Free Press, 1995.
• Maraniss, David.First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton. Simon & Schuster, 1995
• McCarry, Charles. Shelley's Heart. Random House, 1995.
• Paulos, John Allen. A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper. Basic Books, 1995.
• Rifkin, Jeremy. The End of Work. Tarcher/Putnam, 1995.
• Timberg, Robert. The Nightingale's Song. Simon & Schuster, 1995.