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It's being called "the most talked-about journalism of the day." Jon Stewart and The Daily Show take on CNBC and the media's complicity in our current economic crisis.
It was the worst holiday weekend. It was the best holiday weekend. We were finally coming to the end of what for me was a pivotal year that began New Year’s Eve 1972.It had snowed Christmas Eve. One week later, the beautiful carpet of glistening white flakes was a combination of slippery ice and grayish-brown slush. Walking was hazardous. Driving was insane. Besides, who needed a big loud party...
We landed at MIA and rented a car. It was January of 1987 and we were eager to start our new life on Miami Beach. That weekend, shortly after signing the lease for our recently renovated Art Deco apartment we went to the supermarket to stock our empty refrigerator. Stewart, my husband, was driving. Obeying the stop sign on the corner, he brought the car to a full stop, looked both ways and...