A Huffington Post reader submitted this video to HuffPo as a memorable highlight of Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” As painful as it is to go back to the days following 9/11, this shows the kind of American and human being Stewart is. It also makes one wonder how we could be so divided now, … Continue reading Jon Stewart, American
Ariana Huffington just appeared on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show and made a very generous offer. Not only is she planning to take a bus from the HuffPo offices to Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington October 30, but she’s invited anyone else who needs a ride to go with her. And she’ll get … Continue reading The rally for the rest of us
Finally, a Washington rally I want to attend — Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30, 2010. Stephen Colbert, of course, is holding a competing March to Keep Fear Alive. Details are just emerging, but it appears to be for real. As Stewart explained it, some 80% of the American people are not … Continue reading Jon Stewart announces Rally to Restore Sanity
A few days ago I had CNN on as I was sitting down to dinner. As it happens, Rick Sanchez is on here (Denver) during the 6-7 pm dinner hour. To close out his hour, he ran a video that had gone viral on YouTube. He ran it with no warning about the contents, and … Continue reading Rick Sanchez, CNN, and the puppy video
Okay, I’m running out of exclamations here. CNN’s Jack Cafferty just read one of my comments on the air — again! In fact, this time he closed his segment with it! This was the third time in the last two months or so that he’s read one of my comments on national TV. International, actually, … Continue reading He likes me! He really likes me! (Cafferty, that is)
Jon Stewart is probably my favorite news commentator these days. I know, he really hosts The Daily Show on the Comedy Network. But his faux news program hits the mark so often and so well that you really aren’t news if he doesn’t mention you. When President Obama used his oil-spill–inspired Oval Office address the … Continue reading Eight presidents and umpteen promises later
