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I’ve known Allen Guelzo for seven years since I first pressed him into service as one of my on-camera historians in “Lincoln and Lee at Antietam” in 2005. Back then he was underexposed as far as television appearances went.  In

The Daily Show isn’t letting up on President Barack Obama despite host Jon Stewart’s summer vacation. This week, fill-in anchor John Oliver torched Obama’s visit to Germany, daring to compare the president to a flailing, failing broadcast network. Oliver noted

The Daily Show may have a new host, but the Comedy Central mainstay isn’t letting go of the National Security Agency spy imbroglio. John Oliver, the British comedian keeping Jon Stewart’s seat warm for the summer, jumped into matters on

With the sweet, reverent chords of Memorial Day still lingering I was shocked by the recent revelations that the Veterans Administration, under the leadership of President Barack Obama is so backlogged, that over 600,000 veterans, many wounded and disabled, are

NBC News’ Brian Williams on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart on Tuesday night

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly appearing on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart…

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart sparred with guest Bill O’Reilly Wednesday over the apparent targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and the Department of Justice’s secret subpoenas of AP journalists. After admitting that it is troubling for the federal government to

During the May 20 edition of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart brought up President Barack Obama’s unfulfilled 2009 promise to “create a seamless, computerized Veterans’ health records system.” After covering the subject for half a segment, Stewart concluded that

REUTERS: May 20 – They don’t get much of it at home, so young Chinese thirsty for politically-charged satire are turning to American comedian Jon Stewart for their fix.

The Chinese government wouldn’t permit someone like The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart to mock public policy or, gasp, the president. So the young and hip in China are turning to America’s own Stewart for a blast of political satire. Will

When Jon Stewart lays into President Barack Obama on his Comedy Central show it’s usually followed by a swift return to GOP bashing the next night. Not this week. The Daily Show host continues to hammer away at the suddenly

One common thread in the multiple scandals hammering the Obama White House is the president’s claim that he first heard of the stories from news reports. Many find this claim to be unbelievable and are beginning to echo Sen. Howard

Jon Stewart must have had a long weekend, what with scandal after scandal engulfing the Obama administration over the past few days. When he returned to work Monday night at his Comedy Central desk, he simply had to do what’s

Let’s hope Jon Stewart hasn’t checked in with the BBC this morning. The liberal host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show spend a portion of his nightly “newscast” Wednesday spinning madly on behalf of the Obama administration over the latest

On May 6, liberal comedian Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show by making fun of last weekend’s 142nd Annual Meeting of the National Rifle Association. Imitating the dialect of a southern gent, he pointed out that this year’s meeting was held

Donald Trump is nothing if not predictable. If you take a verbal swing at him he’s going to counter-punch–hard. Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame found that out when he dashed off a lazy swipe at the real estate

The media collectively shrugged when President Barack Obama vowed to close Guantanamo Bay again this week, five or so years after he first promised such action. President Blame-a-Lot said Congress stood in his way, and the supplicant press nodded and

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) vowed Monday night to mount a battle to overturn Congress and President Barack Obama’s roundly criticized recent decision to gut the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. In a joint appearance on CNBC’s Kudlow Report

This week’s gathering of the nation’s former and current president at the George W. Bush Presidential Library opening gave Americans the chance to see a truly bipartisan moment in politics. No rancor, just smiles–and a mutual understanding of how difficult

Critics of lawmakers using DC information for Wall Street pay dirt found an unlikely ally Tuesday night: Jon Stewart, the host of the left-leaning Daily Show. Stewart lambasted Congress and President Barack Obama for quietly killing a key provision of

Last week congress gutted key provisions of the congressional insider trading law known as the STOCK Act. The law, inspired by Breitbart News Network’s Peter Schweizer’s book “Throw Them All Out,” was considered by many to be a good first

CNN knew it had journalistic egg on its face after announcing an arrest in the Boston bombing case earlier this week–and then later dancing back the claim. The network’s brass couldn’t predict Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart would use one of

Comedy Central star Jon Stewart got on the right side of the free speech debate this week as he mocked Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood for trying to silence a fellow political satirist. Stewart could have acted sooner had he listened to

HuffPo: Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam. Bassem Youssef is

(AP) – Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam. Bassem Youssef

The Egyptian government, run by the Muslim Brotherhood, issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for a television satirist known as the “Egyptian Jon Stewart” for lampooning Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi.  Bassem Youssef, a comedian, hosts a popular weekly show called

(AP) – Egypt’s official news agency says state prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a popular TV satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country’s president. The warrant issued Saturday is the latest in a series of legal actions

Jon Stewart couldn’t help but wade in on the week’s oral arguments regarding same sex marriage. Oral arguments? Get it? The Daily Show host soon took off his clown nose in order to mock conservative justices who dared to ask

One might expect Comedy Central star Jon Stewart to skewer Sen. Rand Paul for the politician’s filibuster questioning the administration’s drone policy. After all, Rand was calling into question President Barack Obama’s Peace Prize bona fides by delaying the confirmation

Is there creative life after The Daily Show for Jon Stewart? The liberal comic is set to find out this summer when he takes on his directorial debut, Rosewater. The project sounds noble to the core, the true story of

Jon Stewart is branching out from political satire to direct his first feature film, a dark drama about espionage in Iran. The host of Comedy Central’s host will take a hiatus from the ‘Daily Show’ to write and direct ‘Rosewater,”

(AP) NEW YORK–Comedy Central says Jon Stewart will take a break from “The Daily Show” starting in June to direct and produce his first feature film. The network said Tuesday that correspondent-writer John Oliver will host the fake news show

Don’t you miss those days when political humorists kept the president honest through smartly observed jokes without stooping to mean-spirited assaults? Me, too. Today, we have a comedy community (save Jay Leno who remains an equal opportunity cutup) that either ignores President

Looks like Morrissey’s vendetta against Duck Dynasty puts him in the minority of TV watchers. Last night’s back-to-back episodes kicking of the A&E reality show’s third season gave the network its most-watched telecasts of all time among all key demos.

Code Pink got Punk’d. The radical anti-war group tried trumpeting a letter from The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart saying the comic supported the group’s anti-drone campaign. Comedy Central had the unenviable task of telling them the letter is phony.To be