The 2020 Presidential Election is tomorrow, and if you’re a registered U.S. voter and haven’t voted yet, please do so. It’s too late to do it by mail, but if you have early voting, take care of it today, and if you can’t take care of it today, please do it tomorrow. If you think voting doesn’t make a difference, I promise you that it does. Even if you’re not in a “swing state”, there are likely down-ballot races, propositions, and other measures that require a vote, and your voice matters. With …

I do not envy actual journalists who have to not only cover the increasingly insane news but deliver it to people who are doing their damnedest to avoid reality at all costs. I also do not envy comedians who have to address contemporary topics--like the pervasive coronavirus--and find a way to be funny without pissing people off or coming across as callous or disconnected. So it's with much respect, appreciation, and thanks to John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight team for managing to wrangle this last week in news--which was really a year's worth …

In unsettling, ever-changing times, we turn to familiar institutions to act as guideposts of tradition and beacons of light moving forward. What I mean to say is: I miss Last Week Tonight with John Oliver! The irascible, thorough, politically-charged comedy show recently did its due diligence vis-a-vis the coronavirus (filmed in a different studio due to their CBS Broadcast Center studio becoming compromised by the coronavirus), before going on an originally planned and then extended hiatus. But now, per Variety, that show -- alongside HBO's sister political comedy show Real Time with Bill Maher -- is coming …

All of the late night shows (along with other larger swaths of the world) are shutting down. There's just no good reason to keep them running in the midst of a pandemic when not only do you have a staff that should work from home, but also a live studio audience to laugh at the jokes. Late night comedy shows are comforting, and bizarrely in our current age, a vital source of information as the news media scrambles for objectivity that actually waters down their reporting in an attempt to equalize the response among all players. Arguably the best …

John Oliver hilariously slams Warner Media's upcoming streaming service, HBO Max, during the latest episode of his show, Last Week Tonight.