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Andy Borowitz, Contributing Columnist

 

Andy Borowitz is a political humorist, TV commentator and the man behind the news parody website The Borowitz Report. Borowitz, a Cleveland native, created the smash TV comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, appears on CNN’s American Morning and NPR’s Morning Edition and writes for The New Yorker and The New York Times. His latest book is The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers. His previous book, the hilarious, The CEO’s Guide to Surviving Prison sent him on a moral and ethics speaking tour throughout the Ivy League business school circuit.


Truthdig Articles

2008

07/13 Traitor to a Losing Tradition

07/06 Cold-Filtered Economics

06/22 A Revolutionary Campaign

06/08 Less than Literate

06/02 Her Own Worst Enemy

05/25 Fighting Until the End, and Then Some

05/18 The Other Man

04/27 Get Your Own Smear Tactics

04/20 Olympic Hide and Seek

04/14 How Can We Miss Him if He Won’t Go Away?

03/30 Bush Stands Firm on Environment

03/23 Prescription Accomplished

03/16 Monster Community Weighs In on Campaign Controversy

03/10 The President You Are Trying to Reach Is Unavailable

03/02 Old Habits Die Hard

02/22 Shrub and the Rocket

02/10 Social Terror Networking

01/27 The Perils of Pandering

01/21 How Much Is That Superpower in the Window?

01/11 2008’s News Before It Happens

01/06 A Sex—and Race—Change for Hillary

2007

12/22 The Race for Name-Caller in Chief

12/09 Oh My God, What a Ticket!

11/23 Bush Gives Thanks

11/18 Hillary’s Supermarket Conundrum

11/11 A Dictator Gets Tips From an Old Pro

11/04 Hillary’s Unassailable Strategy

10/07 Sen. Clinton Beefs Up the Competition

09/30 The Global War on Toddlerism

09/15 Thompson Quits to Spend More Time With His Nap

09/09 Down to Their Last Billion

09/02 Domestic Surveillance Begins at Home

08/26 Put an Asterisk Next to Rove’s Name

08/05 What’s This? Scooter McCain?

07/29 Cheney: What I Did on My Summer Vacation

07/20 War Strategy a Flop?  Transform(er) It

07/14 Scooter’s Deal Is the American Dream

07/07 Satire: Cheney Hides in Plain Sight

06/17 Satire: Congress Hires Illegals to Write Immigration Bill

06/02 Satire: Hillary Tries to Fatten Up the Competition

05/27 Wolfowitz’s Next Assignment

05/19 Shades of White

05/13 Buck Up, Wolfie: There’s Always eHarmony

05/06 Send In Your Résumé—Lying Is a Plus

04/29 A Little Entertainment for the Evildoers

04/20 World Shocked That Wolfowitz Has Girlfriend

04/14 Imus Moves to Al-Qaida Network

04/09 Scientists Study Memory Loss Among Politicians

04/02 New Hillary Software Lets Voters Customize Her Positions

03/18 Bush Creates Department of Faulty Intelligence

03/11 Bush Strips Libby of Nickname

03/04 Supreme Court Gives Gore’s Oscar to Bush

02/16 Who Needs Good Intel When You’ve Got Magic 8-Ball?

02/12 When It Rains It Pours

02/04 Experts Go on Strike—Could Last Months, Non-Experts Say

01/26 Andy Borowitz: Bin Laden’s State of the Jihad Address Short on Specifics

01/19 Andy Borowitz: Rosie-Trump Feud Advances Doomsday Clock

01/05 Satire by Andy Borowitz: God Denies Talking to Pat

2006

12/28 Andy Borowitz: Bush’s New Year’s Resolutions

12/24 Satire by Andy Borowitz: Naughty Outnumber Nice in New Survey

12/16 Andy Borowitz: Kerry Reveals 2004 Campaign Was Botched Joke

12/08 Satire by Andy Borowitz: Starbucks on the Moon

12/02 Satire From Andy Borowitz: Bush Twins Invade Iraq

11/25 Andy Borowitz: A (Lame) Duck Spares a Turkey

11/19 Satire: Bush Gets Grounded

10/27 Andy Borowitz: Bush Proposes Making Illegal Immigrants ‘Guest Voters’

10/16 Andy Borowitz: Mel Gibson Acquires Nuclear Weapon

10/06 Andy Borowitz—Bush on Foley: We Must Crack Down on Illegal Immigration

09/29 Andy Borowitz: Kangaroo Selected as New Hussein Judge

09/15 Andy Borowitz: Rocket Scientists Not as Smart as Originally Thought

08/25 Andy Borowitz: Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson to Build Movie Studio on the Moon

08/18 Andy Borowitz: Bush Lowers Expectations on Iraq to Moderate Fiasco

08/08 Andy Borowitz: Bush Awards Gibson Medal of Freedom

07/22 New Worries for the Vacationer in Chief

07/14 Andy Borowitz: Man in Coma for 19 Years Asks to Go Back to Sleep

07/08 Andy Borowitz—Kim Jong-Il: I Want to Be Villain in New Bond Film

06/23 Andy Borowitz: Kerry Sets Firm Timetable For Making His Mind Up About War

06/19 Andy Borowitz: Saddam’s Trial to Continue on Mars

06/09 Ann Coulter Challenges President of Iran to Insane-Comment Contest

06/03 Andy Borowitz: Iran Trying to Obtain Paris Hilton’s Album

05/26 Andy Borowitz: Gore Could Cause ‘Global Boring’

05/19 One Measly Point—Is That Too Much to Ask?

05/12 Andy Borowitz—Bush Demands That Iran Halt Production of Long Letters

05/05 Andy Borowitz: Best Medicine for Flu Is a Dose of Blame

04/14 Andy Borowitz: U.S. to Send One Troop to Iran

04/08 FEMA’s Got a Handle on Bird Flu … if There’s a Stiff Breeze

03/31 In Shake-up, Bush Fires Pastry Chef

03/27 Bush Outsources Town Hall Meetings to India

03/17 White House Jumps the Shark

03/10 It’s Enough to Give Evildoers a Bad Name

03/04 Bush Considering Exit Strategy for War on Obesity

03/03 Bush Considering Exit Strategy for War on Obesity

02/24 Armed Cheney to Guard Ports

02/17 Halliburton Wins Contract to Reconstruct Cheney’s Reputation

02/11 An Olympic Athlete With No Tragic History? That Won’t Do!

02/04 Groundhog Day at the White House

01/27 Cheney Denies Knowing Bush

01/24 Army Corps of Engineers Calls Chocolate City Unfeasible

               

               


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