Briilliant. Hilarious. Disturbingly true.

Once again a comedy show delivers more relevant news than all the major news networks. I just watched John Oliver's new program Last Week Tonight. Oliver is, of course, amazingly funny as well as incredibly intelligent. During a half hour he discussed the death penalty; told me more about the President of France than I ever learned on the evening news; and showed my how hypocritical our government is by feting the Sultan of Brunei who has recently introduced all kinds of repressive laws on blasphemy, adultery and homosexuality which our government chooses to ignore for one very special reason, which anyone should be able to guess—oil! I have come away from this fascinating half hour more convinced than ever than our news programs are lazy, flimsy, and incompetent.