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Jon Stewart

question of the day: Who is your favorite stand-up comic or comic personality?

Tue, Nov 13, 2012
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And what about their comedy appeals to you?

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Doctor Puppet investigates Sherlock Holmes (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Oct 07, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the weekend: What could “fox in the garden” be a euphemism or a metaphor for?

Sat, Sep 08, 2012
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I might use the metaphor this way: Jon Stewart is a fox in the garden of American politics.

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Matt Smith and Nathan Fillion together again for the first time at Comic-Con (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, Jul 17, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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I wish my life was directed by Wes Anderson (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Jun 14, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: What is Hollywood’s problem with Red Tails?

Mon, Jan 16, 2012
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Is it “merely” racism trumping easy profit? Is it just the typical Hollywood bigotry that keeps anyone who isn’t white and male and straight from dominating the screen?

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question of the weekend: New Year’s resolutions — love ’em? hate ’em? make ’em and ignore ’em?

Sat, Dec 31, 2011
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Do you make resolutions for the new year? Do you ever keep them? What would you like to resolve to do newly or differently in the new year, even if you know you’re unlikely to actually keep those resolutions?

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wtf: Keith Olbermann off the air?!

Sun, Jan 23, 2011
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Is it time to be scared yet?

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question of the day: Will heated political rhetoric cool down in the wake of the Tucson shootings?

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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We have turned what should be serious discourse about the state of the nation and our culture into a sort of circus sideshow more concerned with entertaining audiences than with addressing the many problems we face. Can this ever change?

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reality TV hates women; pirates love ‘Lost’ and ‘Heroes’; Kevin Smith announces career makeover; more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 02, 2011
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Plus: How did ‘Little Fockers’ get focked up?; is ‘True Grit’ a remake or not?; Jon Stewart, the Modern Day Edward R. Murrow; more…

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