As you may know I have a fondness for the ticky-tacky known as reality television, I so love the term because it's so not anyone's reality I've ever known. So this recap will examine first the ridiculous... then the sublime.
What is Colbert's greatest gift this holiday season? It's his satire -- and especially his way of using words -- puns, neologisms, wordplay, etc. to encourage his audience to think critically.
The news had no problem fueling the late night shows this week. Below are my favorite clips of the week. What were yours?
Michael Lewis has become recognized as a leading expert on the financial crisis, regularly appearing on various national talk shows. Recently, Lewis admitted to stealing mugs from every TV show he goes on.
Hey Stephen Colbert. There's an existential challenge to your shadowy Colbert Super PAC S.H.H. and I've been trying to give you a heads up. But you're not making it easy.
The campaign may have lost its funniest candidate, but we'll never lose laughs we had along the way.
As Americans woke up from Thanksgiving break, we were faced with the repercussions of multiple horrific pepper sprayings. The rise of Newt Gingrich wa...
With the police raid on Zuccotti Park early this week, media attention finally shifted back to the future of Occupy Wall Street. But thankfully, Herma...
As women embrace this idea and shift energy they have been putting towards finding a mate -- and potentially caring for a family -- to their life's work, what is going to happen?
High-level federal coordination of energy, water and agriculture policy and planning -- while a complex task -- would help to identify environmentally unsound projects which are bound to continually draw massive protests.
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We will all remember this week for the moment Rick Perry did something so stupid that it completely removed the focus from Herman Cain's ongoing sexua...
With the Iraq War set to end soon and the Afghanistan War entering its second decade following the death of Osama bin Laden, this may be the biggest and most important Veterans Day ever. We must remember that new veterans are an investment for the entire country. They represent exactly what America needs right now to rebuild its economy and propel its future: leadership, resilience and a commitment to serve. They're a generation who can turn our country around -- and who can lead America into the future. The New Greatest Generation is America's future. And that's why we should invest in their potential -- not just on Veterans Day, but every day of the year. And it starts on 11/11/11.
Herman Cain's scandal and more provided ample material for the late night shows this week.
Sure, there's an increase in employment opportunities during Halloween, but banks have already started foreclosing on the closets that monsters are living in, and most zombies can't even get hired to work at an Arby's.