Jon Stewart’s comedic impulse is so sophisticated that to fully appreciate it requires a superior intellect. And cases of vodka. But consider this minor example of supreme genius brought to you by his Rally to Restore Sanity. At said rally, Steven Demetre Georgiou Cat Stevens Yusuf “Peace Train” Islam is appearing. On stage. As a […]

Katie Couric, according to the fawning Howard Kurtz, is feeling liberated. That’s good, what with all the oppression generally suffered by talking heads who make $15 million a year. Imagine the brutality of an existence where one—by reading words into a camera—is rewarded with a salary that eclipses the gross domestic product of Afghanistan. Now imagine […]

Add to the suddenly, so terribly in vogue and seemingly never-ending succession of rallies in Washington, D.C., probably the most pretentious ever conceived: the Government Doesn’t Suck rally. Seriously. Mark your calendars: October 30, 2010. If you attend only one gratuitous gathering of pointless solidarity this year, make it this one. The brainchild of erstwhile—presumably […]

Pity Harry Reid. He’s craven. He’s criminally negligent. He’s been living on a fixed income. He’s less commanding than a cardigan-clad Mr. Rogers. He’s less rooted in reality than a cardigan-clad Mr. Rogers chillin’ with King Friday in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. And yesterday, fighting for his political life, he endured the greatest indignity of all: […]