As if we didn't already love Jon Stewart practically past all reason, there's a piece in today's NYTimes on his famous "I'm not your monkey" face-off with Tucker Carlson last Friday on "Crossfire."

"What distinguishes Mr. Stewart," opines Alessandra Stanley, "is that the Comedy Central star mocks the entire political process, boring in tightly on the lockstep thinking and complacency of the parties and the media as well as the candidates. More than other television analysts and commentators, he and his writers put a spotlight on the inanities and bland hypocrisies that go mostly unnoticed in the average news cycle."

What did the Irish 'tater say to the sweet 'tater? "Better listen to Jon Stewart, 'cause he ain't no common 'tater."