Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known as Lenny Bruce, was a comedian, author, and social critic, whose corrosive and transgressive satire as well as his boldness ...

When we look back on ’60s comedy, we think foremost of Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, stand-ups who did yeomen’s work railing against the venality of the establishment (roughly moneyed white men).

This is not the first time government targeted comedians who say things they don’t like. If you don’t know about Lenny Bruce and the Smothers Brothers, please look them up. One of the things that ...