Irony

Porkapolypse now Bacon mania

Why are Americans so batty for bacon? It's delicious, it's decadent -- and it's also a fashion statement.
  • Beyond the Multiplex

    It's springtime and a bumper crop of indie films -- about air-guitar gods, faux celebs, lusty Frenchwomen -- is bustin' out all over!
  • The truthiness hurts

    Stephen Colbert's brilliant performance unplugged the Bush myth machine -- and left the clueless D.C. press corps gaping.
  • Innocence abroad

    Anti-irony crusader Jedediah Purdy, back from the Middle East, talks about terrorism, violence, the Calvinist heritage of Las Vegas and his new book about America's role in the world.
  • Irony is dead! Long live irony!

    As jingoists call for a New Sincerity, we need irony -- the serious kind -- more than ever.

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