Kudos for "The Morality of Laughter"
"A serious contribution to social and moral philosophy masquerading as an entertaining anatomy of an under-appreciated human resource ...at once a wise and highly amusing book...I laughed aloud, reading The Morality of Laughter.
—Roger Kimball, The Wall Street Journal"There are so many good things in this book. ... [The] treatment of the theme is a triumph."
—New CriterionA "well-read, ebullient personality ... emerges from these pages."
—Times Literary SupplementThe Morality of Laughter is "written elegantly and often wittily -- unlike most academic books. Much of the book's freshness is that it isn't preoccupied with the literary genre called comedy."
—National Post"Buckley has written a fine and funny book."
—First Things"A fascinating philosophical exposition of laughter"
—National ReviewThe Morality of Laughter "abounds with amusing anecdotes and observations."
—National Review Online"A useful reminder that a cheery society is a healthy one"
—Weekly Standard"As Buckley ... humorously points out, mechanical rules have invaded nearly all fields of modern life."
—Crisis magazine