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Complete Archive of Past Editorials

• You-Niversal Insurance [February 2012]
• Off The Beaten Path [January 2012]
• Antigravity Ray [December 2011]
• Pushing My Buttons [November 2011]
• Consumed By Food [October 2011]
• That's Settled [September 2011]
• Overweight And Overwrought [August 2011]
• What I'm Afraid Of [July 2011]
• Getting Things Done [June 2011]
• An Artist And His Apples [May 2011]
• All That Glitters [April 2011]
• The Unified Theory Of Running Toilets And Broken Zippers [March 2011]
• Resolutions [February 2011]
• Too Famous [January 2011]
• Aches And Pains [December 2010]
• Keeping It Positive [November 2010]
• Go To The End Of The Line [October 2010]
• Sometimes You Know Just What To Do [September 2010]
• The Zen Of Doing Nothing [August 2010]
• The Man Who Talks To Himself [July 2010]
• Did You Check On The Chicken? [June 2010]
• Advice From My Eight-Year-Old Me [May 2010]
• In Charge [April 2010, guest editor Ari Lesser]
• Before I Get Started [March 2010]
• Great Ideas for 2010 [February 2010]
• Once In A Blue Moon — How To Make New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep [January 2010]
• Other Public Options [December 2009]
• The Raymond Lesser Dorm [November 2009]
• 27 Things I Want to Do Before I Die [October 2009]
• Dangerous Fashions [September 2009]
• Your Inner Fish [August 2009]
• Guilty Pleasures -- What People Do When Their Spouses Are Out Of Town [July 2009]
• Zen Consumerism [June 2009]
• Kite String Theory [May 2009]
• The Future Is Wow [April 2009]
• Poor Raymond's Almanac [March 2009]
• A Great Depression Goes Off Its Meds [February 2009]
• Funny Business - Better Business Advice From The President Of Funny Times [January 2009]
• You Are What You Eat? Blecch! [December 2008]
• What Are You Thinking About? [November 2008]
• Science Works To Save Us From Our Fat [October 2008]
• My Dining Room Is In My Garage [September 2008]
• Mom's Guide To Life [August 2008]
• Survival Of The Sexiest [July 2008]
• Family History [June 2008]
• The Great American Cheat Sheet [May 2008]
• Cleveland Gets a C+ [April 2008]
• Poor Raymond's Almanac [March 2008]
• Best Ideas Of The Year [February 2008]
• Cheapskates Go Green [January 2008]
• Quick and Easy [December 2007]
• The iPod In My Brain [November 2007]
• Why Are My Friends Making Me Fat? [October 2007]
• America's No Class Culture [September 2007]
• Is Dad In Danger Of Losing His Job? [August 2007]
• A Conmenist Takeover [July 2007]
• Why Twitter? Because I'm Here [June 2007]
• So Much To Be Afraid Of [May 2007]
• Evidence of Children [April 2007]
• The Transfathead Tax [March 2007]
• Poor Raymond's Almanac [February 2007]
• Puzzles [January 2007]
• Pay With Your Finger [December 2006]
• Turning '50s [November 2006]
• Rules Are Rules [October 2006]
• The Tolerance Teachings of Genghis Khan & His Mongol Horde [September 2006]
• The Future Revisited [August 2006]
• Don't Take Candy From Strangers [July 2006]
• A CEO's Secrets of Power [June 2006]
• Coming Soon: The Future [May 2006]
• Happiness Breeds Success [April 2006]
• General Motors To Merge With Exxon/Mobil [March 2006]
• Poor Raymond's Almanac [February 2006]
• Do-It-Yourself Psychology Exam [January 2006]
• New Holidays [December 2005]
• Woodstock Farm - Turning Retirement into a Festival [November 2005]
• A Day In Your Life Productions [October 2005]
• Upperville Is Downersville [September 2005]
• Grey Is The New Blond [August 2005]
• Desperate Homeowners [July 2005]
• Baby Boomers Will Become Immortal [June 2005]
• What A Relief! [May 2005]
• The Gates [April 2005]
• The CEO's Union [March 2005]
• Poor Raymond's Almanac [February 2005]
• The Applesauce Project [January 2005]
• What Do You Really Want? [December 2004]
• Ralphaholics Anonymous [November 2004]
• Improvements [October 2004]
• Everybody Needs An Editor [September 2004]
• The "I'll Be The Dog" Diet [August 2004]
• A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To The Psychiatrist [July 2004]
• The Parent Gene [June 2004]
• If I Only Had A Brain [May 2004]
• Amending the Constitution [April 2004]
• Poor Raymond's Almanac [March 2004]
• The Spiritual Offenders' Detention Center [February 2004]
• The Garage Sale Economy [January 2004]
• Useless Discoveries That Changed The World [December 2003]
• The Votemobile [November 2003]
• In The Dark (Who needs terrorists when deregulated energy companies are already destroying our infrastructure?) [October 2003]
• Seven Habits Of Highly Ineffective People [September 2003]
• Poor Ray's Almanac [August 2003]
• I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle [July 2003]
• Homeland Security Self-Examination [June 2003]
• Let Someone Else Do It [May 2003]
• Duct Tape And Cover Up [April 2003]
• Dad Is A Boring Ad [March 2003]
• The No-Service Economy [February 2003]
• The News Can Kill You [January 2003]
• Bowling For Baghdad [December 2002]
• Pies For Peace [November 2002]
• What is "Clean" Content? [October 2002]
• Fantasy Baseball [September 2002]
• The Slower I Go [August 2002]
• Twenty Things I Learned From God [July 2002]
• The Lunatics Channel [June 2002]
• It's All In Your Imagination [May 2002]
• The Things I Can't Live Without [April 2002]
• The Bible Of War [March 2002]
• Spy vs. Spy [February 2002]
• Parenting, Then and Now [January 2002]