The Onion: 20 Years Later

The Onion: 20 Years Later

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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 The result was a historical document that's also quite funny.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 published my favorite article
"Stabble Stabble Stabble!" enters the lexicon, plus a guy's band is playing, old people and young people are fighting, Bono is Jesus and a dog is a dog.
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20 years ago, The Onion said the U.S. lost the Iraq War
We also revisit Bill O'Reilly, Jacques Derrida, the furor over stem-cell research and our old friend Herbert Kornfeld.
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20 years ago, The Onion mocked Bill Maher
The Onion discusses obesity, the serial killer serial killer, The Hulk asking for a sequel and ringtones. Plus, random references to James Comey and…
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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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20 years ago, The Onion mocked our elections
Rediscover The Onion's online-only election commentary, plus Spain's war on bulls, the middle class, workout routines, the Boston Red Sox, and Jean…
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20 years ago, The Onion talked Al-Jazeera, meeting the parents, Smurfs and Howie Long
We also grapple with a story that probably sounded hilarious in 2002 but raises eyebrows in 2022.
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The Onion went for easy jokes 20 years ago today
Let's catch up on bitter fathers, Secretary's Day, the importance of networking and a haunted tape dispenser.
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20 years ago, The Onion talked about "The Apprentice"
Plus, Bush in Iran! Hillary Clinton! Alan Greenspan! The Edge! And a lot of death and despair.
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The Onion began 2005 by reviewing 2004's top stories
The Onion spotlights Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, the New York Yankees and more. Plus, a Jackie Harvey column!
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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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20 years ago, The Onion predicted Gillette's 5-blade razor
Also, a hungover couple doesn't know they broke up, a straight man tells you what he'd do if he were gay, and much more from American culture in 2004.
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