Pot Calls Kettle Black: Jon Stewart’s Intolerance for Democracy
Stewart condemns the Swiss, not Sharia, for being intolerant. “Architecture may be my favorite thing about religion,” said Jon Stewart on the Daily Show last Thursday. Stewart’s humor and feigned...
View ArticleClues About Iran’s Testing of Obama on The Daily Show
Last night, Jon Stewart interviewed Roxana Saberi, a journalist with dual American-Iranian citizenship that was arrested in Iran and placed in the notorious torture-house known as Evin Prison. The...
View ArticleBeating Up on the French Never Gets Old
I’m one of those crappy friends that will make fun of you for your mistakes until there is simply no material left, no matter how far long ago, no matter how much you’ve changed. And it is in this way...
View ArticleMemo to Daily Show Audience: The Afghans Don’t Hate Us
Iranian-American writer Reza Aslan was on The Daily Show last night to promote his new book, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization. He and Jon Stewart...
View ArticleThe Economics of Piracy: Jon Stewart Agrees with Me!
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart recognized my brilliance. It’s been a long time in coming. He was interviewing Captain Richard Phillips, author of The Captain’s Duty, who is the man that was...
View ArticleI’m Tired of Fantasy World Interviews
I’m really getting tired of shows where guests discuss their grand goals that are just impractical and impossible to achieve. I’m more of a “details” type of dude. One such goal is eliminating nuclear...
View ArticleWhat What What?! Jon Stewart Defends Tea Partiers?!
No, I did not put acid in your coffee. You read that right. Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart defended the Tea Partiers and criticized the media for painting them with a broad stroke. In...
View ArticleRomney 2012 is Off to a Bad Start
President Obama has used Mitt Romney, who he accurately referred to as a “presidential candidate,” to defend his health care plan. And last night on The Daily Show, Rep. John Dingell (D-M.I.)...
View ArticleAre We Really Supporting the Troops?
Sebastian Junger, author of War, was on The Daily Show last night discussing his stay with soldiers in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan. Jon Stewart and he relayed how our troops truly embody...
View ArticleStop Using the Nazi Card
Few things irritate me as much as when self-righteous commentators condemn their opponents by comparing them to Nazis, which actually is a type of Nazi tactic itself. Nazis and other tyrants use...
View ArticleChina Will Defeat Itself
Ian Bremmer, the author of The End of the Free Market, was on Thursday night’s episode of “The Daily Show.” He argued that the free market in the U.S. needed more regulation so as to better compete...
View ArticleThe Media’s Coverage of the Flotilla Raid Makes Me Want to Wreck My Face with...
Last night, Jon Stewart, who I view as honorable, joined the chorus of people criticizing the justified-as-much-as-something-can-be-justified raid by the Israelis on the flotilla carrying “aid” to...
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