Over at my other weblog I have a new 10 questions up, this one for Matthew Stewart, author of two popular books on history and philosophy which I have enjoyed, The Truth About Everything and The Courtier and the Heretic. Stewart's responses have been among the most entertaining so far in this series, and I especially liked his response to #5 (big surprise, because it aligns closely with my own opinion, and that my dear is an elementary proposition).
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11:23 First commercial break in the big Jon Stewart -- Jim Cramer interview. So far it's Stewart in a rout. Cramer's making a fool of himself; I actually feel a bit bad for him. It's pure train wreck time. Hard to watch but impossible to turn away.
From last night's Daily Show - it's right at the end of the video embedded below the fold.
McCain: You tell any enemy when you're leaving, and they'll say, "Right, fine, we'll just wait until you leave and we'll take over."
Last night, Stewart interviewed Marilynne Robinson. I do not expect attack dog tactics from Stewart, ever, but I also didn't expect him to so totally buy into her premises.
Maureen Dowd has a cute profile/interview of the Comedy Central duo in the new Rolling Stone: