America faces a troop shortage, Stephen unleashes on pop culture, and the U.S. Comptroller General David Walker talks with Stephen about the national debt. (0:35)
Democrats widen the definition of hate crime, Stephen introduces a new segment on health, and Richard Preston tells Stephen about people having sex in trees. (0:28)
Tonight: Florida teachers take a break from having sex with their students, Stephen explores California's fightin' 27th and the Iraqis are really using their newly-built hospitals. (0:35)
Tonight: Who's responsible for losing the Iraq war (even though we're winning), the ethics of buying diamonds, and a drug advocate who knows the date of the end of the world. (0:41)
America's foreign oil dependency, a controversial Danish cartoon and Senator Barbara Boxer's rise to power are all discussed in this episode of The Colbert Report. (0:33)
Stephen reports on the Iraq Study Group, names an Alpha Dog of the week and interviews the director of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Francis Collins. (0:41)
The pentagon may get a second chance to manipulate intelligence, identical snowflakes fall in upstate New York, and the forecast is sunny with a chance of nailing. (0:32)
Tonight: A Republican senator turns against the war, a segment for high-income viewers, and Stephen shows guest Doug Bailey his centrist finger. (0:34)