Hope for free speech? Kat Timpf riffs on the power of comedy and dangers of cancel culture.

For Kat Timpf, comedy isn’t just her day job.It’s also helped her through the most challenging times in her life, from the unexpected death of her mother to serious personal health scares.And she believes comedy can bring together people in our fractured political climate.Timpf gets into all this in her new book (and her related national book tour), “You Can’t Joke About That,” which I spoke with her about recently. The comedian is a co-host of “Gutfeld!” on Fox News, a top-rated late night show, often beating the broadcast network giants like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel. Timpf also is a regular contributor to other shows on Fox.(Full disclosure: Timpf was my journalism student many years ago at Hillsdale College, when I taught at my alma mater. I’m proud, but not surprised, of all she’s accomplished.)Before you draw any conclusions about Timpf’s political persuasion given her employer, you may be surprised to hear that she doesn’t fit neatly into any partisan box. In fact, she id...