Irving Berlin’s patriotic belief in his adopted country would seem to be an affectionate constant in his career, but as the crisis of the depression deepened, even Berlin could see the box office ...

The high school Advanced Placement English class had an assignment: Write a paper mimicking Jonathan Swift’s satirical “A Modest Proposal” of the 1700s. The teacher called for the teenage students to ...

Archivists discovered notes for the project, called "The Spectator," in the artist's New York City office after he died in ...

Larry David has penned a satirical essay, titled “My Dinner With Adolf,” for The New York Times, mocking Bill Maher’s recent White House visit with President Donald Trump. In the opinion piece, the ...

Satire is supposed to prick people's consciences and challenge the powerful - but is that possible in a society where no-one can agree the basis of right and wrong, asks Will Self. In the wake of the ...

The Onion co-founder Tim Keck speaks at the Seattle Interactive Conference last week. It must be fun to be a writer at the The Onion. You get paid to compose utterly ridiculous and hilarious satirical ...

When establishing partnerships with research counterparts in under-resourced countries, global health researchers often deploy discourse that claims to focus on sustainability and capacity building.