The staff of The Onion presents a satirical collection of mock headlines and news stories, including an account of the Pentagon's development of an A-bomb-resistant desk for schoolchildren.

Definitely not for the easily offended, Our Dumb Century was a New York Times #1 bestseller chronicling 100 years of American history with dry humor and cynicism. This Miniature Edition™ distills the brilliant wit and satire of the original from "America's Finest News Source."

The Onion has quickly become the world's most popular humor publication, misinforming half a million readers a week with one-of-a-kind social satire both in print (on newsstands nationwide) and online from its remote office in Madison, Wisconsin. Witness the march of history as Editor-in-Chief Scott Dikkers and The Onion's award-winning writing staff present the twentieth century like you've never seen it before.

This collection of front page news stories from The Onion, a satirical magazine from America, includes such headlines as World's Largest Metaphor hits Ice-Berg: Titanic Representation of man's Hubris Sinks in North Atlantic, and Marijuana Smoking Linked to Getting High.

After more than three centuries in print, The Onion remains the world's most popular news source, making sense of the world for more than four million readers a week. Our Dumb Century, first published in 1999, was The Onion's first bound volume, and now, in this exceptionally packaged deluxe edition, it will be the crowning pinnacle of your Onion book collection. From the dawning of what President McKinley dubbed the bold new "Coal Age" on January 1, 1900, to the Christian Right's miraculous ascension to heaven on January 1, 2000, Our Dumb Century chronicles the events that shaped the twentieth century and preserves them for posterity.

"The Onion," parody newspaper offers its satirical take on headlines from throughout the twentieth century.

A fugitive Richard Nixon dies in a shootout with police in 1974; Al Capone's reign of tax-evading terror is finally brought to an end in 1931; Michael Jackson melts to death during Barbara Walters TV Interview in 1987. What do these things have in common? They all take place in the twisted history of the 20th Century concocted by The Onion, the world's most popular humor publication. The Onion has united all things newsworthy in the last 100 years and come up with Our Dumb Century, a celebration of human history, culture, thought, and tragedy. This collection from the publication that The New Yorker calls "surprising and sublime" features outlandish, cuttingedge social satire and media parody. Dubbed "The National Lampoon and Spy magazine of the '90s" by Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, which enjoys a circulation of 150,000, attracts worldwide attention with its eye-catching headlines. Its website garners at least 1.5 million hits a week. Not for the easily offended, Our Dumb Century will makereaders cry tears of laughter.

The Onion has quickly become the world's most popular humor publication, misinforming half a million readers a week with one-of-a-kind social satire both in print (on news stands nationwide) and online (at www.theonion.com) from its remote office in Madison, Wisconsin. In Our Dumb Century you can listen to the march of history as editor-in-chief Scott Dikkers and The Onion's award-winning staff present the sounds of a twentieth century you'll barely recognize. Now that the century is winding down, it's time to look back, breathe a sigh of relief, and laugh-out-loud at the dumbest 100 years on record - as reported in the high satirical style of The Onion . Performed by Scott Dikkers and staff of The Onion on one cassette.

A satirical look at the history of the United States from 1900 to 1999, with a focus on political humour.

Now that the century is winding down, it's time to look back, breathe a sigh of relief, and laugh at the dumbest 100 years on record--as reported in high satirical style of The Onion--one of America's funniest news sources.