This is a witty and pointed collection of essays from Jon Stewart. He starts in reality, then moves on to somewhere beyond that. Each essay stands alone-but some can border on poor taste, even while being laugh out loud funny. This is a must read for fans of “The Daily Show”-but not if you’re not willing to laugh at yourself and “have fun” with history. One of the essay’s titles suggests the mode he takes in poking fun at history, and using it for comedic purposes: “Adolf Hitler: The Larry King Interview.”

This is an amazing fount of satire on the history of our nation, and especially our political organization and news culture. With such things as Class Discussion Questions, where the questions progressively ask who is our current president, name a president, anyone etc….its an amazing critique of our media culture. This is a wake up call to just how many people are unaware of what is going on around them politically and socially. What I love about the style of this is that the writers leave no stone unturned. Everyone/everything is criticized, and you have to be able to laugh at yourself and your opinions, I think, to appreciate this, but really well done.