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# We all need a good laugh
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/we-all-need-a-good-laugh-editor/
- Published: 2008-07-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:11:36.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Helen Fiske Santa Monica*

Weldon Berger’s \[letter entitled\] “Catch-and-release method” in your July 10 issue is the funniest piece I’ve read in a very long time. I laughed out loud all the way through it. If he is indeed homeless, as he stated, please find him a home and hire him immediately as a permanent staff writer. In these times we all need a good laugh. Berger is a true humorist in the tradition of Mark Twain.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 17, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071708.pdf?ref=smdp.com)