Jimmy Tingle

Comedian

We’ll need ... a wall around Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty too.

We just may have to import millions of new immigrants to help make the country function, while the 100 million citizens are guarding the border.

There's A Hole In The Wall

Someone needs to tell the President Trump and Congress a boat can go around a wall, a tunnel can go under a wall and a plane can go over a wall, writes comedian Jimmy Tingle. Pictured: A man stands on the shore of the Pacific Ocean by the US-Mexico border fence that separates Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego, Calif. (Rodrigo Abd/AP)

Mexico US Tales From the Border

Humor

Life

Opinion

Listen to Jimmy Tingle on WBUR's Morning Edition

The Unlikeliest Commencement Speaker

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Education

After a year of Isis, Ebola, Ferguson and eight feet of snow, it was inspiring just to see blacks, whites, gays, straights, veterans and police officers without guns, riot gear, down jackets or germ proof space suits on.

Speaker Bob DeLeo/Steve Sweeney St. Patrick's Day Breakfast, Boston 2015

The elected officials performing at the breakfast are not professional comics or joke writers, so of course not all of their material worked. By the same token, if 20 comedians tried to run the state of Massachusetts, that probably wouldn’t work, either.

Flapjacks And Flops: Why The Jokes At The St. Patrick's Day Breakfast Were Beside The Point

Jimmy Tingle: "How often do elected officials, working in the fishbowl of public life, get to publicly enjoy themselves in the company of their peers and constituents?" Pictured: Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was among local, state and federal officials to celebrate the annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast on March 15, 2015, hosted by Senator Linda Dorcena Forry, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston.
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Media

Politics

Stories about the Brown-Warren Senate election in 2012.

2012 Mass. Senate Race

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A Popsicle only cost a nickel, so for four empty Coke bottles, you could get one Popsicle, a piece of liquorice, an Atomic Fireball and one piece of Bazooka bubble gum. In 1966, 8 cents was great money for an 11-year-old!

2 Perspectives On Question 2: To Expand The ‘Bottle Bill,’ Or Not To Expand?

I used to drink a lot of Poland Spring water, and on trash day, a big blue bin of plastic bottles went out with the recycling. I remember thinking, If I could get a nickel for every one of those empty Poland Spring bottles, I could upgrade to Perrier.

Jimmy Tingle's 5 Cents? Update The Bottle Bill

Jimmy Tingle: "I’m supporting the expanded Bottle Bill to include plastic water bottles and sports drinks, because it’s good for the environment, saves energy and puts money back into the pockets of consumers." Pictured: Sorting bottles and cans at a redemption center in the East Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. If approved on Nov. 4, a ballot measure would expand the state's law by adding 5-cent deposits to most non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverage containers. (Michael Dwyer/ AP)