There's some discussion about this clip where Christopher Hitchens intellectually eviscerates Mos Def on Bill Maher's excreable TV show. Some see a case of racism. Says James Joyner:
Each year, people head into shorter days, get bored, turn on the tube, get more depressed and then new research comes out saying that when days get shorter, you're bored, and then you watch more TV, you get depressed. Still it's worth noting that watching the one eyed monster [a reader informed me that this is a naughty euphemism to which I say,"To the pure, all things are pure", but since most of you are not pure, I shall pick a new metaphor] boob tube excessively rots your brain, saps your en…