Dear World,

If you fear insubstantial gasbags and Machiavellian twerps rule the world -- well they do, in large part, but if you believe there's no hope for an ascendancy of folks who live by a different creed, please watch Jon Stewart absolutely eviscerate "Hardball" blowhard Chris Matthews on Comedy Central last night. Matthews came on his show to pimp his new book, Life's a Campaign, in which Matthews suggests that success in life and success on the campaign trail involve the pursuit of the same virtues. The thesis, says Stewart, doesn't sound like a path to a better life but a "recipe for sadness."

Please watch it, won't you?

Thanks.

Yer pal,
Paul