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April 8, 2021
Alex Shephard
Is Gutfeld! the Worst Show on Television?
Greg Gutfeld’s new Fox News “comedy” show is the latest evidence that conservatives have no sense of humor.
January 4, 2019
Jo Livingstone
What Women Want?
Blythe Roberson's 'How to Date Men When You Hate Men' is a humorous, self-deprecating look at an age-old conundrum.
August 25, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Mourning Diana Online
What it means for a dead princess to be immortalized in digital camp.
December 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump hasn’t quite mastered the “not” joke.
December 30, 2015
Linda Rodriguez
The History of Farting for Money
How the internet brought about the demise of an illustrious profession.
September 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump's Comedic Genius
Why liberals and conservatives alike find him so funny—if not for the same reasons
April 14, 2015
Jeet Heer
Don't Forget What Richard Pryor Taught Us: Offensive Comedy Can Be Liberating
April 6, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Your Sense of Humor Doesn't Have to Match Your Politics
March 31, 2015
Jeet Heer
Andy Borowitz Is the Only Comedian Qualified to Replace Jon Stewart
March 31, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Anti-Jewish Jokes Don't Get a Pass Anymore
Trevor Noah and Lena Dunham learned that lesson the hard way
March 27, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Lena Dunham's Jewish Jokes Aren't Offensive. They're Just Stale.
December 19, 2014
Brian Beutler
Obama's Right: Belgium Really Does Need a Politico
November 6, 2014
Elaine Teng
Modern Racism Can Be So Hilarious
The story behind the Times's brilliant "Off Color" video series
June 6, 2014
Emmett Rensin
The Great Satirical-News Scam of 2014
The Onion is funny. These other sites aren't—and that's intentional. They're cashing in on your gullibility and knee-jerk outrage.
March 30, 2014
Alice Robb
The Science Behind a Laughter Epidemic and Other Ways that Humor Works
January 31, 2014
Alice Robb
Social Psychologists: It Takes 36 Days After a Tragedy Before Jokes About It Become Funny
The science of humor
December 11, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Malcolm Gladwell Thinks We Are All Laughing to Our Deaths
May 10, 2013
Michael Kinsley
Give Me Austerity!
And stimulus. And also some amnesia
May 8, 2013
Molly Redden
The Onion's Chris Brown Send-Up Was Bad. But Not Writing It Would Be Worse.
April 29, 2013
Laura Bennett
Conan O'Brien’s WHCD Jokes Were A Missed Opportunity
The comedian couldn't help making himself, not the media, the butt of his jokes

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