Sarah Silverman at the Emmys

Comedic genius. via

Katie Couric stumps Glenn Beck

Katie Couric asks Glenn Beck what he meant by “white culture” and Glenn has a spot of trouble answering (via):

How did Beck not anticipate this question? And besides his overall problem of being reprehensible, does Beck have a problem answering because he himself has no idea what “white culture” means or because he has a [...]

Jason Linkins interviews Dale Maharidge

Huffington Posts’ Jason Linkins does a great interview with Pulitzer-Prize-winning author and Columbia School of Journalism professor Dale Maharidge. I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of Maharidge before but he says a lot of smart things about journalism and covering economic issues that make me want to hear more from him.

Vulture on Tucker Max

Vulture asks if Tucker Max is the next Tyler Perry. Its an interesting parallel. Also interesting is that Max sees this movie as the first of four (assuming the first is successful).

Insurance PSA

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Jaclyn Friedman on Tucker Max’s fans in the Post

Jaclyn Friedman writes in the Post about Tucker Max’s female fans. Friedman offers nothing insightful or new to think about here but I post it here only as part of my ongoing Tucker Max commentary collection.

Felix Salmon profile

The Big Money profiles Reuters’ blogger Felix Salmon. Salmon is my favorite finance blogger and has been invaluable these past many months.

Jewish Jordan retires

Tamir Goodman, the Jewish Jordan, has retired from basketball. This guy was huge my sophomore year of high school, including a much hyped game he played against my school.

LA Times on Tucker Max

And now the LA Times has a Tucker Max profile out, also tied to the release of his movie.

First and 20

First & 20 is a very well designed site that shows the various iPhone homepages of different designers and tech people. Really one of the coolest looking sites I’ve seen in a while. via John Gruber who is himself featured.

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