Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut

A great work replete with classic Vonnegut witticisms, satire and emotionally powerful parables. Go read it.

Example: During the depression black people were heard to say, "Things are so bad, white folks have to raise their own kids."

And after he asked his son what is the point of life: "We're here to get through this thing, whatever it is."