Funny Times (newspaper) Funny Times (newspaper) Funny Times (FT) is an American humor newspaper founded in 1985, and still published as of 2018, by the wife and husband team of Susan Wolpert and Raymond Lesser, who were inspired by The Comic News of Santa Cruz, California, "a monthly journal of progressive editorial cartoons" founded in 1984 by Thom Zajac. FT's political content is often subversive and has a progressive/liberal perspective. In 1998, Sandee Beyerle wandered by the offices of Funny Times and stepped inside simply because she wanted to get out of the rain. Really. That led to a job as gopher, secretary
The Roanoke Times The Roanoke Times The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It is published by Berkshire Hathaway. In addition to its headquarters in Roanoke, it maintains a bureau in Christiansburg, covering the eastern New River Valley and Virginia Tech. According to the 2011 Scarborough “Ranker Report,” "The Roanoke Times" ranks fifth in the country in terms of percentage of adults reading a newspaper on weekdays in that newspaper's coverage area. The "Roanoke Daily Times" began publication in 1886. The paper's original owner, M. H. Claytor, eventually added a companion evening