Mark is a Buzz Board insider

A former political operative, recovering copywriter, and failed sitcom writer, Mark Katz is now the founder and principal of the Soundbite Institute, a creative think tank that specializes in on-message humor. His essays have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Time magazine, and he is the author of CLINTON & ME: A Real Life Political Comedy, an account of eight years as the in-house humor speechwriter of the Clinton White House.

Obama Wins Heisman Trophy

Obama Wins Heisman Trophy!

The Nobel is not the only award the president does not deserve. Mark Katz imagines the prizes yet to come. As Bara...

Posted 7:51 PM | Oct 9, 2009
The Beer Summit

The Beer Summit

As Obama prepares to meet Skip Gates and Sgt. Crowley, presidential wit Mark Katz asks: What do their beers say about...

Posted 11:56 PM | Jul 28, 2009
My Man Crush on JFK Jr

My Man Crush on JFK, Jr.

On the tenth anniversary of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s death, Mark Katz finally admits he was his mother's living John-Jo...

Posted 6:37 AM | Jul 16, 2009
Farrahs Sexy Secret

Farrah's Sexy Secret

If you never decoded the secret message in Farrah Fawcett's pinup poster, it means you did not stare at it long enoug...

Posted 4:35 PM | Jun 26, 2009