Andy Borowitz is a New York Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. In 2001, he created The Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has...
Andy Borowitz is a New York Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. In 2001, he created The Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world. His latest book, “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber,” is forthcoming in 2022.
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigJan 3, 2011
The Rev. Pat Robertson sparked controversy in Sunday's broadcast of his "700 Club" program when he claimed that God created the blizzard currently battering the Northeast "to punish Americans who were planning to drive to do something gay." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigDec 27, 2010
The gargantuan year-end bonuses paid out to Goldman Sachs executives have received howls of protests from the banking giant's legion of critics, but not from its most ardent defender: Satan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigDec 20, 2010
Julian Assange said he came up with the idea for the new site while combing through hundreds of thousands of pages of WikiLeaks documents: "I realized that diplomats didn't have a way to reconnect with old colleagues so they could lie to them." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigDec 13, 2010
In his latest effort to find common ground with Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama said today that he was willing to agree that he is a Muslim. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigDec 6, 2010
In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomats to "cease and desist telling the truth until further notice." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigNov 22, 2010
After it emerged that entire sections of George W. Bush's new memoir, "Decision Points," were plagiarized from books by former aides, The Borowitz Report asked our followers on Twitter to come up with the best plagiarized first line for the book. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigNov 15, 2010
In yet another public relations setback for the beleaguered cruise ship company, Somali pirates today said they would no longer board Carnival Cruise ships, citing "unsafe working conditions." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigNov 8, 2010
Canadian immigration officials have reported a huge increase in the number of requests for Canadian citizenship in the past 24 hours, with more than 55 million such inquiries pouring in since late Tuesday night. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigNov 1, 2010
"To tell you the truth, I don't know if there's anything about that in the Constitution," she added. "In the version of the Constitution that I read, Big Bird didn't mention it." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigOct 25, 2010
Like many Americans, over the past several years I have been the recipient of multiple unwelcome voice mails from the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigOct 18, 2010
Two of the theory of evolution's most vociferous doubters, Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell, may be living proof that Darwin was wrong, leading scientists believe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigOct 10, 2010
In a three-way swap that may be unprecedented in U.S. history, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to become vice president of the United States, Vice President Joe Biden will become president of Afghanistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will be traded to the Minnesota Vikings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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