The Onion: 20 Years Later

The Onion: 20 Years Later

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20 years ago, The Onion reported on the Iraq war
The Onion returns from a week off to catch up on the war. We have one of the most famous Point/Counterpoints ever, plus advice from Maxim magazine on…
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The Onion in 2056: A dystopian world of Flash animation
In 2005, The Onion imagined the world 51 years later. Get ready for endless sci-fi tropes and Flash animations.
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The Onion's 9/11 issue, 20 years later
The Onion was just trying to figure out how to acknowledge a tragedy. The result was a historical document that's also quite funny.
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20 years ago, The Onion turned Us Weekly into Harper's magazine
The Onion mocks the Catholic Church, John Bolton, iPods and NASCAR. Plus, Jackie Harvey and Don Turnbee show up.
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20 years ago, The Onion listed everything that can go wrong
Plus, jokes about everything that can go wrong, John Updike, cassettes, Habitat for Humanity, President Bush, Portugal, medical marijuana and much more.
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