The Hollywood Bowles

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  A grandfather I never met lost his tiny Georgia grocery story (in which dad was born) during the Great Depression. He couldn’t bear asking customers, all neighbors and friends, for money they did not have and would not see again. Eventually, he gave away so much that he had to shutter the business. So …

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  Jon Stewart exits The Daily Show tonight aloft so many laurels you’d think he was being escorted to the farewell ship of The Lord of the Rings. But there are three groups whose reaction I await as much as I dread Stewart’s departure. * The first is Comedy Central. How do you replace a show that …

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