Writing for the New York Times, Molly Ball recently noted that Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., “has been sitting on jokes for a decade” and “now he’s ready to tell them” in his new book. No doubt one of the ...

Fans of Saturday Night Live might recall writer and performer Al Franken declaring at the end of the 1970s that the next decade would be the "Al Franken decade." "Well, the 'me' decade is almost over, ...

Franken says he went to Washington “to be the workhorse and not a show horse.” The acerbic comedian who once declared the 1980s as the “Al Franken Decade” has been hesitant to exploit his celebrity ...