It’s no secret that America is more divided than ever. While peaceful Thanksgiving dinners were the first to fall, satire is the latest victim of polarization. On the other hand, there has never been ...

The Declaration of Independence states that all men have certain "unalienable rights." From Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, satirists have picked apart that guarantee and what politicians do to honor it.

The rapid responses of netizens to political news with memes means that comedy formats like Mock the Week will always be trailing behind ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Doo Dah Parade is a decades old July 4th tradition in the Short North. Organizers say it is a political satire parade, all about expressing yourself with humor. This year, ...

Cover of The Man in the Van by Jeff Novotny. This darkly satirical book explores societal norms with sharp wit, absurdity, and a unique critique of modern social conventions. Jeff Novotny’s The Man in ...

HOLLYWOOD -- The tag line for the new horror comedy "The Blackening" is "We can't all die first." It refers to Black characters in scary movies seemingly always being the first ones killed off. But ...

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 ...