To me this is not just about standing on stage telling jokes. There’s a lot riding on this.

People are looking like I was responsible for 9/11. Me 9/11? Seven-Eleven, maybe.

There have to be some boundaries. The butt of the joke cannot be God or the prophet or the religion itself. I’m very careful about sacrilegious humor. I’m not a shock comic who’s going to...

People are looking at me like I’m responsible for 9/11. Me? 9/11? No … 7-Eleven, maybe.

Looking out, I see a lot of Muslims. It’s supposed to be Islam Awareness Week … evidently, the campus isn’t aware.

Preacher likes to say something in his act which is that you know, Muslims, you got to get over this ‘9/11-itis.’ You know, if you didn’t do anything, act like you didn’t do anything.

The standup is quintessentially an American art form and is a form of political protest. There’s a history of the underdog using standup comedy to speak truth to power. People take notice and are transformed...

It’s equally my obligation as a comedian to point out what is wrong with us and get us talking about our problems as it is pointing out what’s wrong (with) the way, for example, the...