The Zen and the Damaged

By Mark Oppenheimer Source As difficult as it is to find good writing about religion, it is harder still to find good television about religion. Most televangelists do not do good (challenging, nuanced) religious television: one of their goals may be to educate, or win converts, but they have to raise money, and offering sophisticated [...]

By Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi Source Buried in the “controversy” over Bradley Cooper’s selection as People magazine’s most recent Sexiest Man Alive is a little known fact: If you had polled American Muslim women the winner would have been — wait for it — Jon Stewart.

By Peter Jacobs and James Rainis Source The Sun: How do you think your role as a political commentator has changed since the last time you were at Cornell? Jon Stewart: How has it changed? I’m not sure it’s changed … I have. Because I am older and weaker. But no, the show is pretty [...]

By Maria Donnini Source Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, returned to Ithaca for two weekend performances in Barton Hall on October 28 and 29. Stewart has received many critical accolades for his work on The Daily Show, including two Peabody Awards and 14 Emmys. The shows, sponsored [...]

By Christopher Buckley Source A few days before I spoke with Jon Stewart about his USO tour in Afghanistan, Bob Hope’s widow, Dolores, died at age 102. The obituary in The New York Times noted that she accompanied her husband on a Christmas United Service Organizations tour to Vietnam and sang “Silent Night” to the [...]

By Rob Thomas Source MILWAUKEE — I think I know the real reason why Jon Stewart does stand-up shows around the country on the weekends.

By Erin Carson Source The always funny and sometimes controversial Jon Stewart brought his popular humor to two sold-out crowds Friday for a rare stand-up performance.

By Tom Junod Source He’s not so funny anymore, and it’s not only because he’s come to take himself seriously. It’s because in the Obama era, we’re starting to see the price of refusing to stand for anything.

By Eric Bates Source In a wide-ranging interview in the current issue of Rolling Stone, Daily Show host Jon Stewart talks about Obama, Fox News, and fart jokes, among many other topics. So many, in fact, that we couldn’t fit it all in the magazine. So here’s an online-only cut from the extended interview. Eddie [...]

By Dan Duray Source “I know we’re late,” Jon Stewart told his audience on Sept. 20, his first post-9/11 show. “They said to get back to work but there were no openings for a man in a fetal position under his desk.” Prior to that Daily Show broadcast, you could be forgiven for thinking that [...]