Jon Stewart

What’s Your Ideal Community? The Answer Is Political

It’s conceivable that people who live in cities come to value more active government. Or they’re more receptive to investing in welfare because they pass the homeless every day. Or they appreciate immigration because their cab rides and lunch depend on immigrants. This argument is partly about the people we’re exposed to in cities (the poor, foreigners), and partly about the logistics of living there.

The suburbs… See more →

I miss Jon Stewart. vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016…

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is off to a great start. Super sharp, super funny. Scratches that Jon Stewart itch. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

This week’s are the first Daily Show episodes I’ve missed in eight years.

The Website Obesity Crisis

Everything we do to make it harder to create a website or edit a web page, and harder to learn to code by viewing source, promotes that consumerist vision of the web.

The 2015 ProPublica Year in Visual Storytelling

A nice roundup of ProPublica’s more visually and interactively rich stories from the past year.

Animated homage to The Wire

When I hear Blind Boys of Alabama’s cover of “Way Down in… See more →

I know Trevor Noah’s Daily Show will take time to develop, but my patience is starting to feel like apologism. slate.com/articles/arts/…

I had to see it a few days late due to travel, but the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was perfection.

Heading into my second and final taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

God damn, I’m gonna miss Jon Stewart.

“If you’re poor, stop being poor.” Wow. thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-marc…

Didn’t expect much from a Daily Show guest who wrote a book about Rob Ford, but it was a fascinating interview. thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-febr…

How the fuck did we ever survive an election year before we had Jon Stewart?

Dan Rather’s insightful deflection of the myth of “the liberal media”: thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-…

Are current Daily Show correspondents paying attention at the commercial break when former correspondent Brian Unger is selling BMWs?

On the Web

• Microsoft Designs the iPod Package: This amusing little video demonstrates perfectly why designers typically prefer Apple.
• Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey: An insider’s anthropological documentary examination of the much-maligned musical subculture.
• Dev2.0: Band-sanctioned, kid-friendly versions of Devo classics on Walt Disney Records. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
• Lotte Klaver: A beautiful watercolor sketch blog from Amsterdam.
• Netdisaster: Wreak harmless havoc on the web site of your choice. A neat idea,… See more →