Star Tucker

Recent Jeopardy! champ and idiosyncratic paleoconservative Tucker Carlson will don his bowtie to host his own show on PBS, beginning June 18. I read Carlson's book, and while I found his logic flawed, I admire his story-telling ability and his basically good nature. Perhaps I feel an affinity for Carlson because of the bowtie (it really is better for eating soup!), but also I like his ability to appreciate human characters for being human characters, and not having to always be right. I'll definitely be tuning in.

Read Carlson's CNN bio here (and see the accompanying picture of Tucker trying out for a role in Croupier). Read the bitter Fox News rebuttal of Carlson's encouraging millions of people to prank the Fox newsroom here. Check out his archive of work for New York magazine here -- though let me say Carlson's at his best when writing funny stories and character pieces.