by Tyler Tankersley | May 19, 2026 | Opinion
When news broke that Stephen Colbert’s late-night show would come to an end, many people responded with something more than disappointment. For many viewers, it felt like the closing of a familiar public space where satire and moral clarity still shared the...
by Randall Balmer | Dec 19, 2025 | Opinion
Stephen Colbert may be our most important theologian. In accepting the Ripple of Hope Award on December 5 from the Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, Colbert invoked the image of Robert Kennedy breaking bread with Cesar Chavez on the day Chavez ended his...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 26, 2025 | Opinion
In recent months, two large media conglomerates, Paramount and Disney, have taught the country a valuable lesson: some Americans love unregulated free market capitalism more than free speech. In July, “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert announced that CBS, owned by...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 25, 2025 | Opinion
English politician and writer Horace Walpole once wrote, “The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” For all the thinkers out there, last week felt like a shot across the bow as a silencing blow ricocheted off late-night television,...
