Lincolnish

Today I almost broke my resolution to post at least once a day. But, in order to comply with the letter of my self-imposed law, I'll mention here that I still think The Colbert Report is the smartest show on television, both trenchant and sharp. Many of Colbert's segments flirt with radical epistemology--cf. 'truthiness'--and I'm not the only one who thinks so. Check out Maureen Dowd's opening question to Colbert and Stewart in a recent Rolling Stone interview:

"A fake news show, "The Daily Show," spawned a fake commentator, Colbert, who makes his own fake reality defending the fake reality of a real president, and has government officials on who know the joke but are still willing to be mocked by someone fake. Your shows are like mirrors within mirrors, using a cycle of fakery to get to the truth. You've tapped into a sense in society that nothing, from reality shows to Bushworld, is real anymore. Do you guys ever get confused by your hall of mirrors?"

I think Americans can learn a lot about critical thinking watching these 'fake' newshows. So, yeah, I guess I'm a member of the Colbert Nation. Sometimes I even want to be Colbert.