Jul 31, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
It is now a little over twenty-four hours since the eminent Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge (Mass.) Police Department sat down at a white lawn table on the South Lawn of the White House, joined by President Obama (with...
Jul 31, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
So here I am, having just judged the Daily Show as having jumped the shark by substituting predictable polemic for snarky satire, posting yet another Daily Show clip for your comedy delectation. So what’s up with that? Was I hasty? Did I jump…the gun? Or...
Jul 30, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
David S. Ferriero has been nominated by President Obama to be the 10th Archivist of the United States. He is seen above in the Main Reading Room at the 5th Avenue and 42nd Street branch of the New York Public Library. (Photo by Joyce Dopkeen for The New...
Jul 30, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The President announced today this year’s recipients of America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He said: “These outstanding men and women represent an incredible diversity of backgrounds. Their tremendous...
Jul 30, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
As last night’s clunkily polemical opening segment demonstrated, the Daily Show has, indeed, jumped the shark. But John Oliver’s piece was based on a very clever premise: And the interview with John Bolton was text book TV:
Jul 29, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
On last night’s Daily Show Jon Stewart considered the consequences of Henry Louis-Gate: And discussed them with “Senior Black Correspondent” (and veteran TV producer, writer, and Peabody winner) Larry Wilmore:
