Satire has been a vital political weapon at some time or other in most societies. There are elements of intentional political satire in Aristophanes’ play The Wasps, Voltaire’s novel Candide lampoons political doctrines of his day and...

Satire is strictly a literary genre, although it is found in the graphic and performing arts as well as the printed word. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision,...

A conservative, student-run journal at Tufts university published a satirical Christmas carol that ridiculed black students and campus affirmative action policies, then issued an apology after some students called on the school to stop funding the journal.The carol, entitled, "O Come All Ye Black Folk,"...

Before there were Britney, Lindsay and Paris, the needy folks who make appearances on Jerry Springer's television talk show fulfilled our voyeuristic fantasies about the lives of those ready to self-destruct.The TV series may seem a distant memory for some (although the program is still...

Absurdistan is the sort of novel that, if mishandled, could make for a truly fabulous mess. As in Gary Shteyngart’s debut, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, we find ourselves immersed in a fictitious post-Soviet nation, this one bearing a striking resemblance to war-torn Afghanistan. What makes...

Absurdistan is the sort of novel that, if mishandled, could make for a truly fabulous mess. As in Gary Shteyngart’s debut, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, we find ourselves immersed in a fictitious post-Soviet nation, this one bearing a striking resemblance to war-torn Afghanistan. What makes...

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