Satire

The secret diary of Sarah Palin's ghostwriter The secret diary of Sarah Palin's ghostwriter

A sexual fantasy about Keith Olbermann? Joe Biden nightmares? "Going Rogue" co-author Lynn Vincent tells all
By Steve Almond Oct 25, 2009

  • "The Daily Show" on the burqa ban

    Senior women's correspondent Kristen Schaal on Islamic garb, the torture of high heels and the joys of mayonnaise
    By Sarah Hepola July 2, 2009

  • Are pregnant women smug?

    A satiric clip pokes fun at women who think motherhood turns them into Mother Earth.
    By Sarah Hepola April 27, 2009

  • At AIG, we're all about people

    When I resigned from the board, right after my bonus was approved, there were hugs all around and cries of "We're leaving too!"
    By Garrison Keillor March 18, 2009

  • I can has cheezburger ... and pathos?

    The lolcats, the Internet's most famous felines, may be hilarious. But in their yearning, I see nothing less than the tragedy of the human condition.
    By Jay Dixit November 15, 2008

  • Who's your Founding Father, bitch?

    Our YouTube satire of the day likens those "real" Americans' undying love of country to the behavior of an abusive boyfriend. In a funny way!
    By Sarah Hepola November 4, 2008

  • The end of the satirical industrial complex?

    For the past eight years, Jon Stewart, Tina Fey and other comedians have had us laughing through our tears. If Obama wins, will the laughter die?
    By Thomas Schaller November 4, 2008

  • Cindy McCain: "Just like any other female human"

    The Onion offers a bizarre and hilarious spoof on the potential first lady: "She loves her kids with both her hearts."
    By Sarah Hepola October 27, 2008

  • Saturday night limp?

    Broadsheet writers discuss "SNL" comedian Maya Rudolph's return to the show as Michelle Obama.
    By Sarah Hepola October 26, 2008

  • Semisweet "Chocolate News"

    Is David Alan Grier's flava-ful new sketch comedy show a black version of "The Daily Show"?
    By James Hannaham October 15, 2008

  • No country for human beings

    Tastes bad! Less filling! Brad Pitt's quasi-closeted gym boy and George Clooney's beard star in the Coen brothers' bizarre, coldblooded spy farce, "Burn After Reading."
    By Andrew O'Hehir September 12, 2008

  • Reality shows we'd like to see

    Attention, reality-TV programmers: "I'm From Sky Mall" and "Hangover CSI" -- you're gonna love them!
    By Sarah Hepola September 5, 2008

  • Four clueless actors, a dream and a paper bag

    Filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass and their cast talk about "Baghead," their delightful and totally unclassifiable indie-satire-horror breakout.
    By Andrew O'Hehir July 25, 2008

  • Rush Limbaugh was right

    The blogosphere's reaction to the New Yorker cover proves that the Bush era has killed a lot of liberals' sense of humor. And that's not funny.
    By Gary Kamiya July 15, 2008

  • The unbearable whiteness of being

    The author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 5, 2008

  • The true price of beauty is needles in your face

    Sarah Haskins' hilarious new video satire takes on the wicked world of Botox.
    By Kate Harding June 30, 2008

  • Bad Dad Gift Guide

    From Darth Vader to Pete Doherty, Salon presents a lighthearted list of the 10 worst fathers ever and the presents they deserve.
    By Steve Almond June 14, 2008

  • The Little Tramp's killer comedy

    How Charlie Chaplin's poisonously dark "Monsieur Verdoux" drove the audience away -- and was embraced by critics and filmmakers as a masterpiece.
    By Andrew O'Hehir June 12, 2008

  • Did humor save the left at its darkest hour?

    How did Stephen Colbert become a progressive political force? Theodore Hamm discusses "The New Blue Media," the rise of netroots and their role in the next administration.
    By Charly Wilder May 30, 2008

  • If Austin Powers were French -- and funny

    He might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East.
    By Andrew O'Hehir May 9, 2008

  • Once more unto the subprime satire breach

    Think of Britain's John Bird and John Fortune as an older, posher Stewart and Colbert. And then start laughing.
    By Andrew Leonard November 30, 2007
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