Last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, author and This American Lifer Sarah Vowell made an unusual endorsement. "This morning I got the paper and I was about to read it and I was"—Ms. Vowell let out a pained grown—"and I just went over to the computer and looked up F.D.R.'s 'Fireside Chats' and started reading those."

Ever the helpful host, Mr. Stewart added some context for his younger viewers. "The chats he gave to get people through the Depression."

"Yeah," said Ms. Vowell. "Because people say that really bucked up people during the Depression. And I'm not really getting any of that, so I decided to go back the 30s and be reassured."

Sounds good to us. Check out these Fireside Chats for yourself. Also, it's worth noting that President Roosevelt relies heavily on Senator John McCain's favorite phrase, "my friends."

Last night, Wall Street Journalist columnist and former presidential speech writer Peggy Noonan appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about the elections and plug her new book, Patriotic Grace.  read more »

Yesterday Media Mob introduced readers to Cristi Adkins, the supposed Hillary Clinton supporter who managed to get her virulent anti-Barack Obama views aired on MSNBC's Hardball and Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Little did we know that Ms. Adkins is at the center of several investigative campaigns into her motives, her funding,and her background. Several bloggers and media outlets are trying to determine if Ms. Adkins is more than just an angry Clinton supporter who found her way onto the national stage. Some are even wondering if Ms. Adkins is a Republican dirty tricks operative.

According to the Huffington Post's Off the Bus writer  read more »

Meet Cristi Adkins, Hillary Clinton's number one supporter and the media's go-to Barack Obama hater.

You may have seen Ms. Adkins arguing with Chris Matthews on MSNBC about whether or not Barack Obama "went to a Muslim school." (This comes via The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins.) Ms. Adkins claimed to Mr. Matthews that she had "a 17-page report written by a Congressional investigator" to prove it. (She declined to share the report or the name of its author and/or funders with Mr. Matthews and asked if he needed his ears cleaned out when he pressed her to clarify her position.)

Ms. Adkins also popped up last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, playfully unleashing a dog on a Barack Obama stand-in. Fun! (See video above.)  read more »

On Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Washington D.C., writers from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” will be staging a mock debate about the writers strike, called “the State of the Union.”  read more »