Satirist Tom Lehrer has died (see Tom Lehrer, master satirist of Cold War era, dies at 97 from the Washington Post).

Some of his songs are a bit dated now, or perhaps not entirely politically correct. However, many more are still right on target and very funny.

I regularly used his Wernher von Braun song in my IB Theory of Knowledge class when we discussd ethics, and have also cited it in discussions I’ve had with education researchers who want to distance themselves from how their studies are used.

You might be interested in The Best Videos Of Tom Lehrer’s Songs.