The Limits of Political Debate
In February, 2011, an Israeli computer scientist named Noam Slonim proposed building a machine that would be better than people at something that seems inextricably...
Category : Humorous
I’m Not from the Past—I Sweareth!
Photograph from Getty Get this, my contemporaries. The other night, I’m jamming on my lute like a regular guy when the police poppethed by to...
A Cautionary Tale of Workplace Harassment in the Cuomo Administration
When Kimberly Schiavone, an employee of New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services, read about the Cuomo administration’s attempts to discredit Lindsey Boylan, the...
Contexts in Which We Should Continue to Refer to the Population as “The Herd”
Now that we’re slowly approaching “herd immunity,” it’s time to pause and reflect on the term itself. We’re not actually buffalo—except that guy Bill. And...
HBO Max Presents: The True Movie-Theatre Experience, Now on Demand
Dear Valued HBO Max Customer, The coronavirus pandemic has made it feel much less safe to go to the movie theatre. That’s why we’re releasing...
My New Weed Store
With recreational marijuana now legal in New York State, dispensaries will soon be opening up all over town. But anyone can sell sativa vape cartridges...
McConnell Says Corporations Should Follow His Example and Not Get Involved in Government
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Senator Mitch McConnell urged the nation’s largest corporations to follow his example and not get involved in governing the country. Speaking to...
I’m a Person of Color and Everyone Is Suddenly Interested in Me—Something Bad Must Have Happened
Uh-oh. I woke up this morning and saw that my ethnicity was trending on Twitter—something must have happened. People usually talk at me, near me,...
New Georgia Poll Shows Kemp Losing Governor’s Race to Can of Coca-Cola
ATLANTA (The Borowitz Report)—In a sign that Republicans’ war on the carbonated beverage could be backfiring, a new poll of Georgia’s voters finds Governor Brian...