Treating the study of laughter as science, alas without much humor.(BOOKS)

From: The Washington Times | Date: May 4, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Lyn Nofziger, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Laughter, it turns out, is no laughing matter. According, at least, to F. H. Buckley who has written a book called "The Morality of Laughter."

Mr. Buckley is a law professor at George Mason University in northern Virginia which may account for the style in which the book is written. He is not one of the family of famous writing Buckleys - Bill, Christopher, Reid, Priscilla, to name a few, and he lacks their...

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