I've read and heard many people state that those who believe the claims made in "The Da Vinci Code" are extremely gullible. Most of these people are firm believers in Christianity. Let's look at this from a non-biased perspective, shall we? Who's more gullible? One who believes that a male got married to a woman, had children with her and his lineage is still alive and well today or one who believes that a man resided in his mother whom never had intercourse, that this man was perfect every day of his life, that he sacrificed himself for the world's wrong doings and that he rose from the dead three days after his death? Looking at it from a non-biased perspective, how can one possibly say that the former is more gullible than the latter?
After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...
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