I already knew that I was going to miss the Colbert Report, and its wry, satirical take on politics and culture. Now, a fascinating new book that traces the use of satire as a form of political ...

In our digital times, as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to ...

Since Snopes' start in the mid-1990s, our fact-checkers have alerted readers to numerous pieces of satire. That's many decades of "jokes" targeting politicians and celebrities, or putting twists on ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES do not have a reputation for being funny. The language of the right has more often been outrage, while liberals dominated comedy through shows such as “Politically Incorrect” ...

On July 11, Katy Perry released “Woman’s World,” her first single off the forthcoming 143, her first album in four years. Along with the song was the release of a music video, which is broken into two ...

How did satire get so stupid? Not long ago, satire reigned as the highest form of comedy. It could shake political regimes, and spur social change. But in the Internet age, satire mostly subsists as ...